Tilphossium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τιλφώσσιον (Tilphṓssion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tilˈpʰoːs.si.um/, [t̪ɪɫ̪ˈpʰoːs̠ːiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tilˈfos.si.um/, [t̪ilˈfɔsːium]

Proper noun

Tilphōssium n sg (genitive Tilphōssiī or Tilphōssī); second declension

1. A mountain of Boeotia, situated on the southern side of the lake Copais

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tilphōssium
Genitive	Tilphōssiī Tilphōssī1
Dative	Tilphōssiō
Accusative	Tilphōssium
Ablative	Tilphōssiō
Vocative	Tilphōssium

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

References

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