Sarnus

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Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

View of the river

Proper noun

Sarnus m sg (genitive Sarnī); second declension

  1. A river in Campania, flowing into the bay of Naples near the city of Pompeii, now the Sarno

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Sarnus
genitive Sarnī
dative Sarnō
accusative Sarnum
ablative Sarnō
vocative Sarne

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Σάρνος (Sárnos)
  • Italian: Sarno

References

  • Sarnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Sarnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Sarnus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly