Sontius
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈson.ti.us/, [ˈs̠ɔn̪t̪iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈson.t͡si.us/, [ˈsɔnt̪͡s̪ius]
Proper noun[edit]
Sontius m sg (genitive Sontiī or Sontī); second declension
- A river of Venetia which flows into the Adriatic Sea, now the river Isonzo
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Sontius |
| Genitive | Sontiī Sontī1 |
| Dative | Sontiō |
| Accusative | Sontium |
| Ablative | Sontiō |
| Vocative | Sontī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants[edit]
- Italian: Isonzo
References[edit]
- “Sontius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sontius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Sontius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly