Apenninus

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Latin

Etymology

From Celtic *penn (“mountain, summit”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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Ā̆pennīnus m (genitive Ā̆pennīnī); second declension

  1. (geography) (in plural) The Apennines
  2. (with adjective) A particular portion of the Apennines.

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative.

singular plural
nominative Ā̆pennīnus Ā̆pennīnī
genitive Ā̆pennīnī Ā̆pennīnōrum
dative Ā̆pennīnō Ā̆pennīnīs
accusative Ā̆pennīnum Ā̆pennīnōs
ablative Ā̆pennīnō Ā̆pennīnīs
vocative Ā̆pennīne Ā̆pennīnī
locative Ā̆pennīnī Ā̆pennīnīs

Descendants

Descendants
  • English: Apennines
  • Italian: Appennini

References

  • “Apenninus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Apenninus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Apenninus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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