Lepreum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Lepreon
• Lepreos, Lepreus
• Leprion, Leprium

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λέπρεον (Lépreon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pre.um/, [ˈɫ̪ɛpreʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.pre.um/, [ˈlɛːpreum]

Proper noun

Lepreum n sg (genitive Lepreī); second declension

1. the chief town of Triphylia in Elis

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lepreum
Genitive	Lepreī
Dative	Lepreō
Accusative	Lepreum
Ablative	Lepreō
Vocative	Lepreum
Locative	Lepreī

References

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