Surrentum

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /surˈren.tum/, [s̠ʊrˈrɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /surˈren.tum/, [surˈrɛn̪t̪um]

Proper noun

Surrentum n sg (genitive Surrentī); second declension

1. A coastal town in Campania situated on the southern side of the bay of Naples, now Sorrento.

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Surrentum
Genitive	Surrentī
Dative	Surrentō
Accusative	Surrentum
Ablative	Surrentō
Vocative	Surrentum
Locative	Surrentī

Derived terms

• Surrentīnī
• Surrentīnus

Descendants

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Σύρρεντον (Súrrhenton)
• Italian: Sorrento
  • → English: Sorrento
  • → French: Sorrente
  • → Russian: Сорре́нто (Sorrɛ́nto)
• Neapolitan: Surriento

Further reading

• “Surrentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Surrentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Surrentum”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “Surrentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Surrentum”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• “Surrentum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly