Verulamium
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English
Etymology
From Latin Verulamium, the name of the Roman settlement on the same site.
Proper noun
Verulamium
- (historical) A town in Britannia, Roman Empire. An ancient town in Roman Britain, sited in the southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- 1905, Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall, Our Island Story, page 26:
- The first Christian martyr in Britain was called Alban. He lived in the town called Verulamium.
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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯e.ruˈla.mi.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ve.ruˈla.mi.um/,
Proper noun
Verulamium n sg (genitive Verulamiī or Verulamī); second declension
- A town in Britannia, Roman Empire, now St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Verulamium |
| genitive | Verulamiī Verulamī1 |
| dative | Verulamiō |
| accusative | Verulamium |
| ablative | Verulamiō |
| vocative | Verulamium |
| locative | Verulamiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Verulamium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Verulamium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly