Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σπείραιον (Speíraion).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Spīraeum n sg (genitive Spīraeī); second declension

  1. A promontory on the eastern coast of Peloponnesus, modern Greece

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Spīraeum
Genitive Spīraeī
Dative Spīraeō
Accusative Spīraeum
Ablative Spīraeō
Vocative Spīraeum

References edit

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