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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “sharp; high”) + κεραύνιος (keraúnios, “of thunder, struck with thunder”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Acroceraunia n pl (genitive Acrocerauniōrum); second declension
- A coastal mountain range in southwestern Albania
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.
References
- “Acroceraunia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Acroceraunia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Acroceraunia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.