Spiraeum

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σπείραιον (Speíraion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /spiːˈrae̯.um/, [s̠piːˈräe̯ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /spiˈre.um/, [spiˈrɛːum]

Proper noun

Spīraeum n sg (genitive Spīraeī); second declension

1. A promontory on the eastern coast of Peloponnesus, modern Greece

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Spīraeum
Genitive	Spīraeī
Dative	Spīraeō
Accusative	Spīraeum
Ablative	Spīraeō
Vocative	Spīraeum

References

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