Ergetium
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ἐργέτιον (Ergétion).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /erˈɡe.ti.um/, [ɛrˈɡɛt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /erˈd͡ʒet.t͡si.um/, [erˈd͡ʒɛt̪ː͡s̪ium]
Proper noun[edit]
Ergetium n sg (genitive Ergetiī or Ergetī); second declension
- A city in Sicily
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Ergetium |
| Genitive | Ergetiī Ergetī1 |
| Dative | Ergetiō |
| Accusative | Ergetium |
| Ablative | Ergetiō |
| Vocative | Ergetium |
| Locative | Ergetiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Ergētum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ergetium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Ergetium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.