Coryphasium

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κορυφάσιον (Koruphásion).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Coryphasium n sg (genitive Coryphasiī or Coryphasī); second declension

  1. a promontory in ancient Messenia, modern Greece, which forms the entrance to the bay of Pylus

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

singular
nominative Coryphasium
genitive Coryphasiī
Coryphasī1
dative Coryphasiō
accusative Coryphasium
ablative Coryphasiō
vocative Coryphasium

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

References

  • Coryphasium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Coryphasium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.