Metapontum

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μεταπόντιον (Metapóntion).

Proper noun

Metapontum n sg (genitive Metapontī); second declension

  1. Metaponto (an ancient city in Italy)

Declension

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

singular
nominative Metapontum
genitive Metapontī
dative Metapontō
accusative Metapontum
ablative Metapontō
vocative Metapontum
locative Metapontī

References

  • Metapontum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Metapontum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.