Merinum

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /meˈriː.num/, [mɛˈriːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈri.num/, [meˈriːnum]

Proper noun

Merīnum n sg (genitive Merīnī); second declension

1. A town in Apulia, situated on the promontory of Garganus near Vieste

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Merīnum
Genitive	Merīnī
Dative	Merīnō
Accusative	Merīnum
Ablative	Merīnō
Vocative	Merīnum
Locative	Merīnī

Derived terms

• Merīnās
• Merīnātēs

References

• “Merīnas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Merinum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly