Paraetonium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Παραιτόνιον (Paraitónion).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pa.rae̯ˈto.ni.um/, [päräe̯ˈt̪ɔniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.reˈto.ni.um/, [päreˈt̪ɔːnium]
Proper noun edit
Paraetonium n sg (genitive Paraetoniī or Paraetonī); second declension
- Mersa Matruh (a port city in modern Egypt)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Paraetonium |
| Genitive | Paraetoniī Paraetonī1 |
| Dative | Paraetoniō |
| Accusative | Paraetonium |
| Ablative | Paraetoniō |
| Vocative | Paraetonium |
| Locative | Paraetoniī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “Paraetonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Paraetonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Paraetonium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly