Virunum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Varunum

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈruː.num/, [u̯ɪˈruːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈru.num/, [viˈruːnum]

Proper noun

Virūnum n sg (genitive Virūnī); second declension

1. One of the most important towns in Noricum, situated on the road from Aquileia to Lauriacum

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Virūnum
Genitive	Virūnī
Dative	Virūnō
Accusative	Virūnum
Ablative	Virūnō
Vocative	Virūnum
Locative	Virūnī

Derived terms

• Virūnenses

Further reading

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

Paronyms

• Vironum