Lavinium

Latin

Etymology

From Lavinia, daughter of the king of the Latins and wife of Aeneas.

Proper noun

Lāvīnium n (genitive Lāvīniī); second declension

port city near Rome, founded by Aeneas

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lāvīnium
Genitive	Lāvīniī
Dative	Lāvīniō
Accusative	Lāvīnium
Ablative	Lāvīniō
Vocative	Lāvīnium
Locative	Lāvīniī

Derived terms

Lāvīnienses

Descendants

Italian: Lavinio
Ancient Greek: Λαουΐνιον (Laouḯnion)

References

Lavinium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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