Laurentum
Latin
Etymology
According to Virgil, the city was named after a laurel tree, from laurus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /lau̯ˈren.tum/, [ɫ̪äu̯ˈrɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /lau̯ˈren.tum/, [läu̯ˈrɛn̪t̪um]
Proper noun
Laurentum n sg (genitive Laurentī); second declension
- Laurentum, a maritime town in Latium between Ostia and Lavinium (now Torre).
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Laurentum |
| genitive | Laurentī |
| dative | Laurentō |
| accusative | Laurentum |
| ablative | Laurentō |
| vocative | Laurentum |
| locative | Laurentī |
References
- “Laurentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Laurentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Further reading
- “Laurentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
References
- Edward Herbert Bunbury (1854). "Laurentum". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: Walton and Maberly
- Theodore C. Williams (1910). "Virgil, Aeneid 7.59". P. Vergilius Maro. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.