Arretium

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ā̆rētium

Etymology

From Etruscan 𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌕𐌉𐌌 (aritim).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈreː.ti.um/, [ärˈreːt̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈret.t͡si.um/, [ärˈrɛt̪ː͡s̪ium]

Proper noun

Arrētium n sg (genitive Arrētiī or Arrētī); second declension

1. One of the most powerful cities of Etruria, situated on the upper valley of the river Arnus, now Arezzo.

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Arrētium
Genitive	Arrētiī Arrētī1
Dative	Arrētiō
Accusative	Arrētium
Ablative	Arrētiō
Vocative	Arrētium
Locative	Arrētiī

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

Derived terms

• Arrētīnī
• Arrētīnus

Descendants

• Italian: Arezzo

References

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