promontorium

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English

Etymology

A borrowing of Latin promontorium.

Noun

promontorium (plural promontoriums or promontoria)

Synonym of promontory.

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proː.monˈtoː.ri.um/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.monˈto.ri.um/,

Noun

prōmontōrium n (genitive prōmontōriī or prōmontōrī); second declension

(Medieval Latin) Alternative form of prōmunturium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	prōmontōrium	prōmontōria
genitive	prōmontōriī prōmontōrī¹	prōmontōriōrum
dative	prōmontōriō	prōmontōriīs
accusative	prōmontōrium	prōmontōria
ablative	prōmontōriō	prōmontōriīs
vocative	prōmontōrium	prōmontōria

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

References

promontorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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