Gerunium

Latin

Alternative forms

• Gerōnium

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈruː.ni.um/, [ɡɛˈruːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈru.ni.um/, [d͡ʒeˈruːnium]

Proper noun

Gerūnium n sg (genitive Gerūniī or Gerūnī); second declension

1. A small town or fortress in Apulia, situated not far from Larinum

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Gerūnium
Genitive	Gerūniī Gerūnī1
Dative	Gerūniō
Accusative	Gerūnium
Ablative	Gerūniō
Vocative	Gerūnium
Locative	Gerūniī

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

References

• “Gĕrōnĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Gerunium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Gĕrōnĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.