promontorium

English

Etymology

A borrowing of Latin promontorium.

Noun

promontorium (plural promontoriums or promontoria)

1. Synonym of promontory.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proː.monˈto.ri.um/, [proːmɔn̪ˈt̪ɔriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.monˈto.ri.um/, [promon̪ˈt̪ɔːrium]

Noun

prōmontorium n (genitive prōmontoriī or prōmontorī); second declension

1. Alternative form of prōmunturium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōmontorium	prōmontoria
Genitive	prōmontoriī prōmontorī1	prōmontoriōrum
Dative	prōmontoriō	prōmontoriīs
Accusative	prōmontorium	prōmontoria
Ablative	prōmontoriō	prōmontoriīs
Vocative	prōmontorium	prōmontoria

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

References

• promontorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)