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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀλόντιον (Alóntion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aluntium n sg (genitive Aluntiī or Aluntī); second declension
- A city on the north coast of Sicily, situated between Tyndaris and Calacte
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Aluntium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Aluntium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.