Amorium
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἀ̆μόρῐον (Amórion).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈmo.ri.um/, [äˈmɔriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈmo.ri.um/, [äˈmɔːrium]
Proper noun edit
Amorium n sg (genitive Amoriī or Amorī); second declension
- (historical) Amorium, Amorion (a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor), legendary birthplace of Aesop, growing into significance in the Hellenistic and Byzantine eras until destroyed by the Arab Sack of Amorium in 838; home of the famed 42 Martyrs of Amorium executed for refusing to submit to Islam in 845; now in modern-day Turkey
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Amorium |
| Genitive | Amoriī Amorī1 |
| Dative | Amoriō |
| Accusative | Amorium |
| Ablative | Amoriō |
| Vocative | Amorium |
| Locative | Amoriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- English: Amorium
References edit
- Amorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.