Sarnus

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsar.nus/, [ˈs̠ärnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsar.nus/, [ˈsärnus]

View of the river

Proper noun

Sarnus m sg (genitive Sarnī); second declension

1. A river in Campania, flowing into the bay of Naples near the city of Pompeii, now the Sarno

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sarnus
Genitive	Sarnī
Dative	Sarnō
Accusative	Sarnum
Ablative	Sarnō
Vocative	Sarne

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Σάρνος (Sárnos)
• Italian: Sarno

References

• “Sarnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sarnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Sarnus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly