Laurentum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
According to Virgil, the city was named after a laurel tree, from laurus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /lau̯ˈren.tum/, [ɫ̪äu̯ˈrɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lau̯ˈren.tum/, [läu̯ˈrɛn̪t̪um]
Proper noun edit
Laurentum n sg (genitive Laurentī); second declension
- Laurentum, a maritime town in Latium between Ostia and Lavinium (now Torre).
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Laurentum |
| Genitive | Laurentī |
| Dative | Laurentō |
| Accusative | Laurentum |
| Ablative | Laurentō |
| Vocative | Laurentum |
| Locative | Laurentī |
Further reading edit
- Edward Herbert Bunbury (1854). "Laurentum". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: Walton and Maberly
- Theodore C. Williams (1910). "Virgil, Aeneid 7.59". P. Vergilius Maro. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
- “Laurentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Laurentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.