Mopsium
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Μόψιον (Mópsion).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmop.si.um/, [ˈmɔps̠iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmop.si.um/, [ˈmɔpsium]
Proper noun
editMopsium n sg (genitive Mopsiī or Mopsī); second declension
- A town and a hill of Thessaly
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Mopsium |
| Genitive | Mopsiī Mopsī1 |
| Dative | Mopsiō |
| Accusative | Mopsium |
| Ablative | Mopsiō |
| Vocative | Mopsium |
| Locative | Mopsiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
edit- “Mopsium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Mopsium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Mopsium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly