Nicephorium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νικηφόριον (Nikēphórion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niː.keːˈpʰo.ri.um/, [niːkeːˈpʰɔriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ni.t͡ʃeˈfo.ri.um/, [nit͡ʃeˈfɔːrium]

Proper noun

Nīcēphorium n sg (genitive Nīcēphoriī or Nīcēphorī); second declension

1. A town of Osroene on the Euphrates

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nīcēphorium
Genitive	Nīcēphoriī Nīcēphorī1
Dative	Nīcēphoriō
Accusative	Nīcēphorium
Ablative	Nīcēphoriō
Vocative	Nīcēphorium
Locative	Nīcēphoriī

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

References

• Nicephorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Nicephorium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly