Moridunum

Latin

Etymology

Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *dūnom (“town, fort”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mo.riˈduː.num/, [mɔrɪˈd̪uːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mo.riˈdu.num/, [moriˈd̪uːnum]

Proper noun

Moridūnum n sg (genitive Moridūnī); second declension

1. A town in Britannia, probably Seaton or Hembury
2. A town in Britannia, modern Carmarthen

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Moridūnum
Genitive	Moridūnī
Dative	Moridūnō
Accusative	Moridūnum
Ablative	Moridūnō
Vocative	Moridūnum
Locative	Moridūnī

References

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