Acroceraunia
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “sharp; high”) + κεραύνιος (keraúnios, “of thunder, struck with thunder”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.kro.keˈrau̯.ni.a/, [äkrɔkɛˈräu̯niä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.kro.t͡ʃeˈrau̯.ni.a/, [äkrot͡ʃeˈräːu̯niä]
Noun
editAcroceraunia n pl (genitive Acrocerauniōrum); second declension
- A coastal mountain range in southwestern Albania
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Acroceraunia |
Genitive | Acrocerauniōrum |
Dative | Acrocerauniīs |
Accusative | Acroceraunia |
Ablative | Acrocerauniīs |
Vocative | Acroceraunia |
Locative | Acrocerauniīs |
References
edit- “Acroceraunia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Acroceraunia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Acroceraunia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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