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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τιθρώνιον (Tithrṓnion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tithrōnium n sg (genitive Tithrōniī or Tithrōnī); second declension
- a town of Phocis, destroyed by the army of Xerxes
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Tithrone in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Tithronium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly