Philomelium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φιλομήλιον (Philomḗlion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰi.loˈmeː.li.um/, [pʰɪɫ̪ɔˈmeːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fi.loˈme.li.um/, [filoˈmɛːlium]

Proper noun

Philomēlium n sg (genitive Philomēliī or Philomēlī); second declension

1. A town of Phrygia situated on the road from Synnada to Iconium

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Philomēlium
Genitive	Philomēliī Philomēlī1
Dative	Philomēliō
Accusative	Philomēlium
Ablative	Philomēliō
Vocative	Philomēlium
Locative	Philomēliī

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

Derived terms

• Philomēlienses

References

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