Idalium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓δάλιον (Īdálion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iːˈda.li.um/, [iːˈd̪älʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈda.li.um/, [iˈd̪äːlium]

Proper noun

Īdalium n sg (genitive Īdaliī or Īdalī); second declension

1. a town of Cyprus famous for its cult of Aphrodite

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Īdalium
Genitive	Īdaliī Īdalī1
Dative	Īdaliō
Accusative	Īdalium
Ablative	Īdaliō
Vocative	Īdalium
Locative	Īdaliī

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

Derived terms

• Īdalius

Further reading

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