Agrigentum

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Latin

Etymology

Latinization from Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Agrigentum n sg (genitive Agrigentī); second declension

  1. The name of an ancient city of Sicily.; nowadays Agrigento.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Agrigentum
genitive Agrigentī
dative Agrigentō
accusative Agrigentum
ablative Agrigentō
vocative Agrigentum
locative Agrigentī

Descendants

  • Italian: Agrigento
  • Sicilian: Girgenti

References

  • Agrigentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Agrigentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.