Sellium

Latin edit

Etymology edit

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Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsel.li.um/, [ˈs̠ɛlːʲiʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsel.li.um/, [ˈsɛlːium]

Proper noun edit

Sellium n sg (genitive Selliī or Sellī); second declension

A town in Lusitania situated north of Scalabis, underneath the modern city of Tomar.

Declension edit

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sellium
Genitive	Selliī Sellī¹
Dative	Selliō
Accusative	Sellium
Ablative	Selliō
Vocative	Sellium
Locative	Selliī

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

References edit

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

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