Gythium
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin.
Proper noun
[edit]Gythium
- (historical) A city, predecessor of the modern Gytheio.
Synonyms
[edit]Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γύθιον (Gúthion).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡy.tʰi.um/, [ˈɡʏt̪ʰiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒi.ti.um/, [ˈd͡ʒiːt̪ium]
Proper noun
[edit]Gythium n sg (genitive Gythiī or Gythī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Gythium |
Genitive | Gythiī Gythī1 |
Dative | Gythiō |
Accusative | Gythium |
Ablative | Gythiō |
Vocative | Gythium |
Locative | Gythiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “Gytheum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Gytheum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Gythium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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