Apenninus

Latin

Etymology

From Celtic *penn (“mountain, summit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aː.penˈniː.nus/, [äːpɛnˈniːnʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /a.penˈniː.nus/, [äpɛnˈniːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.penˈni.nus/, [äpenˈniːnus]

Proper noun

Ā̆pennīnus m (genitive Ā̆pennīnī); second declension

1. (geography) (in plural) The Apennines
2. (with adjective) A particular portion of the Apennines.

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Ā̆pennīnus	Ā̆pennīnī
Genitive	Ā̆pennīnī	Ā̆pennīnōrum
Dative	Ā̆pennīnō	Ā̆pennīnīs
Accusative	Ā̆pennīnum	Ā̆pennīnōs
Ablative	Ā̆pennīnō	Ā̆pennīnīs
Vocative	Ā̆pennīne	Ā̆pennīnī
Locative	Ā̆pennīnī	Ā̆pennīnīs

Descendants

Descendants of Apenninus in other languages

• English: Apennines
• Italian: Appennini

References

• “Apenninus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Apenninus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Apenninus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.