Elatium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈla.ti.um/, [ɛˈɫ̪ät̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈlat.t͡si.um/, [eˈlät̪ː͡s̪ium]

Proper noun

Elatium n sg (genitive Elatiī or Elatī); second declension

1. A town in Syria, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Elatium
Genitive	Elatiī Elatī1
Dative	Elatiō
Accusative	Elatium
Ablative	Elatiō
Vocative	Elatium
Locative	Elatiī

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

References

• Elatium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.