Samonium
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαμώνιον (Samṓnion).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /saˈmoː.ni.um/, [s̠äˈmoːniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /saˈmo.ni.um/, [säˈmɔːnium]
Proper noun edit
Samōnium n sg (genitive Samōniī or Samōnī); second declension
- the eastern promontory of the island of Crete, modern Greece
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Samōnium |
| Genitive | Samōniī Samōnī1 |
| Dative | Samōniō |
| Accusative | Samōnium |
| Ablative | Samōniō |
| Vocative | Samōnium |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “Sammonium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Samonium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Sammonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.