Laphystium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαφύστιον (Laphústion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laˈpʰys.ti.um/, [ɫ̪äˈpʰʏs̠t̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈfis.ti.um/, [läˈfist̪ium]

Proper noun

Laphystium n sg (genitive Laphystiī or Laphystī); second declension

1. A mountain of Boeotia

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Laphystium
Genitive	Laphystiī Laphystī1
Dative	Laphystiō
Accusative	Laphystium
Ablative	Laphystiō
Vocative	Laphystium

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

References

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