Uranium

See also: uranium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /uːˈra.ni.um/, [uːˈräniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /uˈra.ni.um/, [uˈräːnium]

Proper noun

Ūranium n sg (genitive Ūraniī or Ūranī); second declension

1. A town in Caria, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ūranium
Genitive	Ūraniī Ūranī1
Dative	Ūraniō
Accusative	Ūranium
Ablative	Ūraniō
Vocative	Ūranium
Locative	Ūraniī

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

References

• Uranium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.