Abbassium

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Galatian. Attested only in Livy.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /abˈbas.si.um/, [äbˈbäs̠ːiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈbas.si.um/, [äbˈbäsːium]

Proper noun

Abbassium n sg (genitive Abbassiī or Abbassī); second declension

1. An ancient city in Phrygia, modern Turkey, near Amorium and Pessinus.

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Abbassium
Genitive	Abbassiī Abbassī1
Dative	Abbassiō
Accusative	Abbassium
Ablative	Abbassiō
Vocative	Abbassium
Locative	Abbassiī

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

References

• Abbassium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Mitchell, Stephen (1995) Anatolia: Land, Men, and Gods in Asia Minor, revised edition, volumes 1, The Celts and the Impact of Roman Rule, →ISBN, page 23