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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κίτιον (Kítion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Citium n sg (genitive Citiī or Citī); second declension
- A town of Cyprus on the southern coast of the island
- A town of Macedonia situated between Pella and Beroea
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
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