Derrhium

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δέρριον (Dérrhion).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Derrhium n sg (genitive Derrhiī or Derrhī); second declension

  1. A town of Laconia, situated on the Mount Taygetus

Declension[edit]

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

Case Singular
Nominative Derrhium
Genitive Derrhiī
Derrhī1
Dative Derrhiō
Accusative Derrhium
Ablative Derrhiō
Vocative Derrhium
Locative Derrhiī

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

References[edit]

  • “Derrhium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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