Dorium

Latin

Alternative forms

• Dōrion

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δώριον (Dṓrion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdoː.ri.um/, [ˈd̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.ri.um/, [ˈd̪ɔːrium]

Proper noun

Dōrium n sg (genitive Dōriī or Dōrī); second declension

1. a town of Messenia, situated on the road from Andania to Cyparissia

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dōrium
Genitive	Dōriī Dōrī1
Dative	Dōriō
Accusative	Dōrium
Ablative	Dōriō
Vocative	Dōrium
Locative	Dōriī

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

References

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