Dyrrhachium

English

Etymology

From Latin Dyrrhachium. Doublet of Durrës and Durazzo.

Proper noun

Dyrrhachium

1. (historical) Synonym of Durrës (“a city in Albania”)

Latin

Alternative forms

• Dyrrachium

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δυρράχιον (Durrhákhion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dyrˈra.kʰi.um/, [d̪ʏrˈräkʰiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dirˈra.ki.um/, [d̪irˈräːkium]

Proper noun

Dyrrhachium n sg (genitive Dyrrhachiī or Dyrrhachī); second declension

1. Dyrrhachium (a city on the coast of Illyricum, now called Durrës)

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dyrrhachium
Genitive	Dyrrhachiī Dyrrhachī1
Dative	Dyrrhachiō
Accusative	Dyrrhachium
Ablative	Dyrrhachiō
Vocative	Dyrrhachium
Locative	Dyrrhachiī

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

Derived terms

• Dyrrhachīnī

References

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