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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πέσσιον (Péssion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pessium n sg (genitive Pessiī or Pessī); second declension
- a town of the Iazyges mentioned by Ptolemy
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Jazyges”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly