Matium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ti.um/, [ˈmät̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmat.t͡si.um/, [ˈmät̪ː͡s̪ium]

Proper noun

Matium n sg (genitive Matiī or Matī); second declension

1. A town of Creta, situated opposite to the island of Dia

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Matium
Genitive	Matiī Matī1
Dative	Matiō
Accusative	Matium
Ablative	Matiō
Vocative	Matium
Locative	Matiī

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

References

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