Niconium

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek Νικώνιον (Nikṓnion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /niˈkoː.ni.um/, [nɪˈkoːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /niˈko.ni.um/, [niˈkɔːnium]

Proper noun

Nicōnium n sg (genitive Nicōniī or Nicōnī); second declension

1. A city in Sarmatia situated near the mouth of the Tyras

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nicōnium
Genitive	Nicōniī Nicōnī1
Dative	Nicōniō
Accusative	Nicōnium
Ablative	Nicōniō
Vocative	Nicōnium
Locative	Nicōniī

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

References

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