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English
Etymology
From Latin.
Proper noun
Gythium
- (historical) A city, predecessor of the modern Gytheio.
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γύθιον (Gúthion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gythium n sg (genitive Gythiī or Gythī); second declension
- A town of Laconia, situated near the mouth of the river Eurotas
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Gytheum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Gytheum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Gythium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly