Cantium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Brythonic *Cantio, from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner, rim”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.ti.um/, [ˈkän̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.t͡si.um/, [ˈkänt̪͡s̪ium]
Proper noun edit
Cantium n sg (genitive Cantiī or Cantī); second declension
- a promontory in England (now Kent)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Cantium |
| Genitive | Cantiī Cantī1 |
| Dative | Cantiō |
| Accusative | Cantium |
| Ablative | Cantiō |
| Vocative | Cantium |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
- Cantius (given name)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Cantium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Cantium” in Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary
- Cantium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.