Moridunum

Latin

Etymology

Proto-Celtic *mori (“sea”) + *dūnom (“town, fort”)

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /mo.riˈduː.num/, [mɔrɪˈd̪uːnʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mo.riˈdu.num/, [moriˈd̪uːnum]

Proper noun

Moridūnum n sg (genitive Moridūnī); second declension

A town in Britannia, probably Seaton or Hembury
A town in Britannia, modern Carmarthen

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Moridūnum
Genitive	Moridūnī
Dative	Moridūnō
Accusative	Moridūnum
Ablative	Moridūnō
Vocative	Moridūnum
Locative	Moridūnī

References

“Moridunum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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