Acroceraunia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “sharp; high”) + κεραύνιος (keraúnios, “of thunder, struck with thunder”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.kro.keˈrau̯.ni.a/, [äkrɔkɛˈräu̯niä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.kro.t͡ʃeˈrau̯.ni.a/, [äkrot͡ʃeˈräːu̯niä]
Noun edit
Acroceraunia n pl (genitive Acrocerauniōrum); second declension
- A coastal mountain range in southwestern Albania
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Acroceraunia |
| Genitive | Acrocerauniōrum |
| Dative | Acrocerauniīs |
| Accusative | Acroceraunia |
| Ablative | Acrocerauniīs |
| Vocative | Acroceraunia |
| Locative | Acrocerauniīs |
References edit
- “Acroceraunia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Acroceraunia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Acroceraunia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.