Clusium

Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌄𐌅𐌔𐌉 (clevsi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkluː.si.um/, [ˈkɫ̪uːs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈklu.si.um/, [ˈkluːs̬ium]

Proper noun

Clūsium n sg (genitive Clūsiī or Clūsī); second declension

1. Chiusi (a city in Tuscany)

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Clūsium
Genitive	Clūsiī Clūsī1
Dative	Clūsiō
Accusative	Clūsium
Ablative	Clūsiō
Vocative	Clūsium
Locative	Clūsiī

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

Derived terms

• Clūsīnus

Descendants

• Italian: Chiusi
• Ancient Greek: Κλούσιον (Kloúsion)

References

• “Clusium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Clusium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.