Cercinium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kerˈki.ni.um/, [kɛrˈkɪniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃerˈt͡ʃi.ni.um/, [t͡ʃerˈt͡ʃiːnium]

Proper noun

Cercinium n sg (genitive Cerciniī or Cercinī); second declension

1. A town of Thessaly near Lake Boebeis

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cercinium
Genitive	Cerciniī Cercinī1
Dative	Cerciniō
Accusative	Cercinium
Ablative	Cerciniō
Vocative	Cercinium
Locative	Cerciniī

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

References

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