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Latin
Etymology
Uncertain:
Proper noun
Altīnum n sg (genitive Altīnī); second declension
- a city of Venetia situated near the mouth of the river Silis, on a marshy area
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
References
- “Altinum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Altinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.
- G. CRESCI - M. TIRELLI, Altino romana attraverso l'obbietivo fotografico di Alessio De Bon, in Quaderni Friulani di Archeologia 26, 2016, 77-84
- Eos: commentarii Societatis Philologae Polonorum, Volumes 68-69
- "Altino," Antonio Sciarretta's Toponymy