Latin edit

Etymology edit

From sub- +‎ urbs.

Noun edit

suburbium n (genitive suburbiī or suburbī); second declension

  1. suburb

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative suburbium suburbia
Genitive suburbiī
suburbī1
suburbiōrum
Dative suburbiō suburbiīs
Accusative suburbium suburbia
Ablative suburbiō suburbiīs
Vocative suburbium suburbia

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

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: suburbi
  • Polish: suburbium
  • Spanish: suburbio
  • Portuguese: subúrbio

References edit

  • suburbium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • suburbium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • suburbium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin suburbium.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /suˈbur.bjum/
  • Rhymes: -urbjum
  • Syllabification: su‧bur‧bium

Noun edit

suburbium n

  1. suburb (area on the periphery of a city or large town)
    Synonyms: peryferie, przedmieście

Declension edit

Further reading edit