Capitium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καπίτιον (Kapítion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈpi.ti.um/, [käˈpɪt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈpit.t͡si.um/, [käˈpit̪ː͡s̪ium]

Proper noun

Capitium n sg (genitive Capitiī or Capitī); second declension

1. A city in Sicily, situated near Aluntium and Engyum

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Capitium
Genitive	Capitiī Capitī1
Dative	Capitiō
Accusative	Capitium
Ablative	Capitiō
Vocative	Capitium
Locative	Capitiī

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

Derived terms

• Capitīnus

References

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