Cetium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈke.ti.um/, [ˈkɛt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃet.t͡si.um/, [ˈt͡ʃɛt̪ː͡s̪ium]

Proper noun

Cetium n sg (genitive Cetiī or Cetī); second declension

1. A town in Noricum, now probably Sankt Pölten

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cetium
Genitive	Cetiī Cetī1
Dative	Cetiō
Accusative	Cetium
Ablative	Cetiō
Vocative	Cetium
Locative	Cetiī

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

References

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