Dianium
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See also: dianium
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Diāna (“goddess of the hunt”) + -ium.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diˈaː.ni.um/, [d̪iˈäːniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈa.ni.um/, [d̪iˈäːnium]
Proper noun[edit]
Diānium n sg (genitive Diāniī or Diānī); second declension
- A temple in Rome consecrated to Diana
- A town in Hispania Tarraconensis, situated near a temple of Diana
- A small island off the coast of Etruria, now called Giannutri
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Diānium |
| Genitive | Diāniī Diānī1 |
| Dative | Diāniō |
| Accusative | Diānium |
| Ablative | Diāniō |
| Vocative | Diānium |
| Locative | Diāniī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Dĭāna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Dianium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Dianium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly