Silvium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.u̯i.um/, [ˈs̠ɪɫ̪u̯iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.vi.um/, [ˈsilvium]

Proper noun

Silvium n sg (genitive Silviī or Silvī); second declension

1. A town of the Peucetii in the interior of Apulia, situated near Venusia

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Silvium
Genitive	Silviī Silvī1
Dative	Silviō
Accusative	Silvium
Ablative	Silviō
Vocative	Silvium
Locative	Silviī

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

Derived terms

• Silvīnī
• Silvīnus

References

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