Aluntium

Latin

Alternative forms

Haluntium

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλόντιον (Alóntion).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈlun.ti.um/, [äˈɫ̪ʊn̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈlun.t͡si.um/, [äˈlunt̪͡s̪ium]

Proper noun

Aluntium n sg (genitive Aluntiī or Aluntī); second declension

A city on the north coast of Sicily, situated between Tyndaris and Calacte

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aluntium
Genitive	Aluntiī Aluntī¹
Dative	Aluntiō
Accusative	Aluntium
Ablative	Aluntiō
Vocative	Aluntium
Locative	Aluntiī

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

Derived terms

Aluntīnus

References

“Aluntium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Aluntium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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