Canusium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈnu.si.um/, [käˈnʊs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈnu.si.um/, [käˈnuːs̬ium]

Proper noun

Canusium n sg (genitive Canusiī or Canusī); second declension

1. One of the most important cities of Apulia, situated near the right bank of the river Aufidus, now the town of Canosa

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Canusium
Genitive	Canusiī Canusī1
Dative	Canusiō
Accusative	Canusium
Ablative	Canusiō
Vocative	Canusium
Locative	Canusiī

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

Derived terms

• Canusīnus

References

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