Cataractonium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ka.ta.rakˈto.ni.um/, [kät̪äräkˈt̪ɔniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.ta.rakˈto.ni.um/, [kät̪äräkˈt̪ɔːnium]
Proper noun edit
Cataractonium n sg (genitive Cataractoniī or Cataractonī); second declension
- a town of Britannia mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Cataractonium |
| Genitive | Cataractoniī Cataractonī1 |
| Dative | Cataractoniō |
| Accusative | Cataractonium |
| Ablative | Cataractoniō |
| Vocative | Cataractonium |
| Locative | Cataractoniī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “Cataroctonion”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly