Politorium

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Latin

Etymology

Named after Polites of Troy, its alleged founder.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Polītōrium n sg (genitive Polītōriī or Polītōrī); second declension

  1. An ancient city in Latium, destroyed at a very early period

Declension

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

singular
nominative Polītōrium
genitive Polītōriī
Polītōrī1
dative Polītōriō
accusative Polītōrium
ablative Polītōriō
vocative Polītōrium
locative Polītōriī

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

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Πολῑτώριον (Polītṓrion)

Derived words

References

  • Politorium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Politorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.