Aluntium

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Haluntium

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλόντιον (Alóntion).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈlun.ti.um/, [aˈɫʊn.ti.ũ]

Proper noun

Aluntium n (genitive Aluntiī or Aluntī); second declension

  1. A city on the northern coast of Sicily, situated between Tyndaris and Calacte

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Aluntium
Genitive Aluntiī
Aluntī1
Dative Aluntiō
Accusative Aluntium
Ablative Aluntiō
Vocative Aluntium

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

Derived terms
  • Aluntīnus

References
  • Aluntium in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Aluntium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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