Anemurium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνεμούριον (Anemoúrion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.neˈmuː.ri.um/, [änɛˈmuːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.neˈmu.ri.um/, [äneˈmuːrium]

Proper noun

Anemūrium n sg (genitive Anemūriī or Anemūrī); second declension

1. a promontory of Asia Minor in modern Turkey and the nearest point of Cilicia to Cyprus
2. an ancient town on this promontory

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Anemūrium
Genitive	Anemūriī Anemūrī1
Dative	Anemūriō
Accusative	Anemūrium
Ablative	Anemūriō
Vocative	Anemūrium
Locative	Anemūriī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Anemūriensis

References

• Anemurium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Anemurium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly