promontorium
English edit
Etymology edit
A borrowing of Latin promontorium.
Noun edit
promontorium (plural promontoriums or promontoria)
- Synonym of promontory.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /proː.monˈtoː.ri.um/, [proːmɔn̪ˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.monˈto.ri.um/, [promon̪ˈt̪ɔːrium]
Noun edit
prōmontōrium n (genitive prōmontōriī or prōmontōrī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of prōmunturium
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prōmontōrium | prōmontōria |
| Genitive | prōmontōriī prōmontōrī1 |
prōmontōriōrum |
| Dative | prōmontōriō | prōmontōriīs |
| Accusative | prōmontōrium | prōmontōria |
| Ablative | prōmontōriō | prōmontōriīs |
| Vocative | prōmontōrium | prōmontōria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- promontorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)