Politorium

Latin

Etymology

Named after Polites of Troy, its alleged founder.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /po.liːˈtoː.ri.um/, [pɔlʲiːˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.liˈto.ri.um/, [poliˈt̪ɔːrium]

Proper noun

Polītōrium n sg (genitive Polītōriī or Polītōrī); second declension

1. An ancient city in Latium, destroyed at a very early period

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Polītōrium
Genitive	Polītōriī Polītōrī1
Dative	Polītōriō
Accusative	Polītōrium
Ablative	Polītōriō
Vocative	Polītōrium
Locative	Polītōriī

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

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Πολῑτώριον (Polītṓrion)

Derived words

• polītōrīnus (demonym)

References

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