Histonium

Latin

Etymology

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Proper noun

Histōnium n sg (genitive Histōniī or Histōnī); second declension

1. A town of the Frentani situated on the Adriatic coast, now the town of Vasto

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Histōnium
Genitive	Histōniī Histōnī1
Dative	Histōniō
Accusative	Histōnium
Ablative	Histōniō
Vocative	Histōnium
Locative	Histōniī

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

Derived terms

• Histōniensis

References

• “Histonium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Histonium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.