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English
Etymology
From Latin Dyrrhachium. Doublet of Durrës and Durazzo.
Proper noun
Dyrrhachium
- (historical) Synonym of Durrës (“a city in Albania”)
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δυρράχιον (Durrhákhion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dyrrhachium n sg (genitive Dyrrhachiī or Dyrrhachī); second declension
- Dyrrhachium (a city on the coast of Illyricum, now called Durrës)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- “Dyrrachium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Dyrrhachium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Dyrrhachium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly