Rusucurium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ru.suˈku.ri.um/, [rʊs̠ʊˈkʊriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ru.suˈku.ri.um/, [rus̬uˈkuːrium]

Proper noun

Rusucurium n sg (genitive Rusucuriī or Rusucurī); second declension

1. A town in Mauretania, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rusucurium
Genitive	Rusucuriī Rusucurī1
Dative	Rusucuriō
Accusative	Rusucurium
Ablative	Rusucuriō
Vocative	Rusucurium
Locative	Rusucuriī

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

References

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