Amorium
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀ̆μόρῐον (Amórion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈmo.ri.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈmo.ri.um/,
Proper noun
Amorium n sg (genitive Amoriī or Amorī); second declension
- (historical) Amorium, Amorion (a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor), legendary birthplace of Aesop, growing into significance in the Hellenistic and Byzantine eras until destroyed by the Arab Sack of Amorium in 838; home of the famed 42 Martyrs of Amorium executed for refusing to submit to Islam in 845; now in modern-day Turkey
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Amorium |
| genitive | Amoriī Amorī1 |
| dative | Amoriō |
| accusative | Amorium |
| ablative | Amoriō |
| vocative | Amorium |
| locative | Amoriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- English: Amorium
References
- Amorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.