Citium

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κίτιον (Kítion).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Citium n sg (genitive Citiī or Citī); second declension

  1. A town of Cyprus on the southern coast of the island
  2. A town of Macedonia situated between Pella and Beroea

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Citium
genitive Citiī
Citī1
dative Citiō
accusative Citium
ablative Citiō
vocative Citium
locative Citiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

References

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