Tolentinum

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain:

• Possibly related to the Illyrian tribe name Taulantii
• The first element *tol could be related to Tolosa (modern French Toulouse), Toletum, or the river Tolerus, or from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”), showing the typical d > t shift found in North Picene stratum of the area.
• The element -ent- (Proto-Indo-European *uent- (“rich in”)) is common in place names.

Proper noun

Tolentīnum n sg (genitive Tolentīnī); second declension

1. A town in Picenum, in the valley of the Flusor, now Tolentino

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tolentīnum
Genitive	Tolentīnī
Dative	Tolentīnō
Accusative	Tolentīnum
Ablative	Tolentīnō
Vocative	Tolentīnum
Locative	Tolentīnī

Derived terms

• Tolentīnus
• Tolentīnās

References

• “Tolentinum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.