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English
Etymology
From Latin *Azētium, reconstructed from numismatically attested Ancient Greek Ἀζητῖνοι (Azētînoi) and Ezetium in medieval transcriptions.
Proper noun
Azetium
- (historical) A former town in Apulia, of uncertain site, probably Rutigliano
References
- “Azetium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “Azetium”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press