Delminium

Latin

Alternative forms

• Dalminium

Etymology

Compare Dalmatae, Ancient Greek Δελμίνιον (Delmínion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /delˈmi.ni.um/, [d̪ɛɫ̪ˈmɪniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /delˈmi.ni.um/, [d̪elˈmiːnium]

Proper noun

Delminium n sg (genitive Delminiī or Delminī); second declension

1. the ancient capital of Dalmatia, destroyed by the Romans

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Delminium
Genitive	Delminiī Delminī1
Dative	Delminiō
Accusative	Delminium
Ablative	Delminiō
Vocative	Delminium
Locative	Delminiī

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

References

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