Olcinium

Latin

Alternative forms

• Colchinium

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Albanian *Ulkinā, from Proto-Albanian *ulka (“wolf”), suffixed with *-inā.

Proper noun

Olcinium n sg (genitive Olciniī or Olcinī); second declension

1. Ulcinj or Dulcigno

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Olcinium
Genitive	Olciniī Olcinī1
Dative	Olciniō
Accusative	Olcinium
Ablative	Olciniō
Vocative	Olcinium
Locative	Olciniī

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

References

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