Saunium

Latin

View of the river

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsau̯.ni.um/, [ˈs̠äu̯niʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsau̯.ni.um/, [ˈsäːu̯nium]

Proper noun

Saunium n sg (genitive Sauniī or Saunī); second declension

1. A river of Hispania Tarraconensis flowing through the territory of the Concani and Saleni

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Saunium
Genitive	Sauniī Saunī1
Dative	Sauniō
Accusative	Saunium
Ablative	Sauniō
Vocative	Saunium

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

References

• Saunium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Saunium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly