Gythium

English

Etymology

From Latin.

Proper noun

Gythium

1. (historical) A city, predecessor of the modern Gytheio.

Synonyms

• Gytheion

Latin

Alternative forms

• Gythēum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γύθιον (Gúthion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡy.tʰi.um/, [ˈɡʏt̪ʰiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ti.um/, [ˈd͡ʒiːt̪ium]

Proper noun

Gythium n sg (genitive Gythiī or Gythī); second declension

1. A town of Laconia, situated near the mouth of the river Eurotas

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Gythium
Genitive	Gythiī Gythī1
Dative	Gythiō
Accusative	Gythium
Ablative	Gythiō
Vocative	Gythium
Locative	Gythiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Gytheum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Gytheum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Gythium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly