Dyspontium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δυσπόντιον (Duspóntion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dysˈpon.ti.um/, [d̪ʏs̠ˈpɔn̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /disˈpon.t͡si.um/, [d̪isˈpɔnt̪͡s̪ium]

Proper noun

Dyspontium n sg (genitive Dyspontiī or Dyspontī); second declension

1. A town in Elis district situated on the road from Elis to Olympia

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dyspontium
Genitive	Dyspontiī Dyspontī1
Dative	Dyspontiō
Accusative	Dyspontium
Ablative	Dyspontiō
Vocative	Dyspontium
Locative	Dyspontiī

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

References

• “Dyspontium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly