Verulamium
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin Verulamium, the name of the Roman settlement on the same site.
Proper noun
editVerulamium
- (historical) A town in Britannia, Roman Empire. An ancient town in Roman Britain, sited in the southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- 1905, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Our Island Story, page 26:
- The first Christian martyr in Britain was called Alban. He lived in the town called Verulamium.
See also
editFurther reading
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editEtymology
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Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯e.ruˈla.mi.um/, [u̯ɛrʊˈɫ̪ämiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ve.ruˈla.mi.um/, [veruˈläːmium]
Proper noun
editVerulamium n sg (genitive Verulamiī or Verulamī); second declension
- A town in Britannia, Roman Empire, now St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Verulamium |
Genitive | Verulamiī Verulamī1 |
Dative | Verulamiō |
Accusative | Verulamium |
Ablative | Verulamiō |
Vocative | Verulamium |
Locative | Verulamiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
edit- Verulamium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Verulamium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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