Gythium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin.
Proper noun[edit]
Gythium
- (historical) A city, predecessor of the modern Gytheio.
Synonyms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γύθιον (Gúthion).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡy.tʰi.um/, [ˈɡʏt̪ʰiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ti.um/, [ˈd͡ʒiːt̪ium]
Proper noun[edit]
Gythium n sg (genitive Gythiī or Gythī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Gythium |
| Genitive | Gythiī Gythī1 |
| Dative | Gythiō |
| Accusative | Gythium |
| Ablative | Gythiō |
| Vocative | Gythium |
| Locative | Gythiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References[edit]
- “Gytheum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Gytheum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Gythium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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