Silbium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σίλβιον (Sílbion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.bi.um/, [ˈs̠ɪɫ̪biʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.bi.um/, [ˈsilbium]

Proper noun

Silbium n sg (genitive Silbiī or Silbī); second declension

1. A town of Phrygia, on the east of Apamea and Celaenae

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Silbium
Genitive	Silbiī Silbī1
Dative	Silbiō
Accusative	Silbium
Ablative	Silbiō
Vocative	Silbium
Locative	Silbiī

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

Derived terms

• Silbiānus

References

• “Silbium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly