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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀβάκαινον (Abákainon), variant of Ἀβάκαινα (Abákaina).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Abacaenum n sg (genitive Abacaenī); second declension
- a city in Sicily situated between Tyndaris and Mylae
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
References
- “Abacaenum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly