Antium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈan.ti.um/, [ˈän̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈan.t͡si.um/, [ˈänt̪͡s̪ium]

Proper noun

Antium n sg (genitive Antiī or Antī); second declension

1. Anzio (a city in Italy)

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Antium
Genitive	Antiī Antī1
Dative	Antiō
Accusative	Antium
Ablative	Antiō
Vocative	Antium
Locative	Antiī

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

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Ἄντιον (Ántion)
• Italian: Anzio

References

• “Antium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Antium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Antium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly