Onceium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὄγκειον (Ónkeion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /onˈkei̯.i̯um/, [ɔŋˈkɛi̯ːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /onˈt͡ʃe.jum/, [on̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛːjum]

Proper noun

Onceium n sg (genitive Onceiī or Onceī); second declension

1. A town of Arcadia situated upon the river Ladon, near Thelpusa

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Onceium
Genitive	Onceiī Onceī1
Dative	Onceiō
Accusative	Onceium
Ablative	Onceiō
Vocative	Onceium
Locative	Onceiī

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

References

• “Onceium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly