Clusium

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌄𐌅𐌔𐌉 (clevsi).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Clūsium n sg (genitive Clūsiī or Clūsī); second declension

  1. Chiusi (a city in Tuscany)

Declension[edit]

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

Case Singular
Nominative Clūsium
Genitive Clūsiī
Clūsī1
Dative Clūsiō
Accusative Clūsium
Ablative Clūsiō
Vocative Clūsium
Locative Clūsiī

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

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: Chiusi
  • Ancient Greek: Κλούσιον (Kloúsion)

References[edit]

  • “Clusium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Clusium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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