Agrigentum

Latin

Etymology

Latinization from Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.ɡriˈɡen.tum/, [äɡrɪˈɡɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.ɡriˈd͡ʒen.tum/, [äɡriˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪um]

Proper noun

Agrigentum n sg (genitive Agrigentī); second declension

1. The name of an ancient city of Sicily.; nowadays Agrigento.

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Agrigentum
Genitive	Agrigentī
Dative	Agrigentō
Accusative	Agrigentum
Ablative	Agrigentō
Vocative	Agrigentum
Locative	Agrigentī

Descendants

• Italian: Agrigento
• Sicilian: Girgenti

References

• “Agrigentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Agrigentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.