Derrhium

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δέρριον (Dérrhion).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

Proper noun

Derrhium n sg (genitive Derrhiī or Derrhī); second declension

A town of Laconia, situated on the Mount Taygetus

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Derrhium
genitive	Derrhiī Derrhī¹
dative	Derrhiō
accusative	Derrhium
ablative	Derrhiō
vocative	Derrhium
locative	Derrhiī

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

References

“Derrhium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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