Amorium
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἀ̆μόρῐον (Amórion).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈmo.ri.um/, [äˈmɔriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈmo.ri.um/, [äˈmɔːrium]
Proper noun
editAmorium n sg (genitive Amoriī or Amorī); second declension
- (historical) Amorium, Amorion (a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor), legendary birthplace of Aesop, growing into significance in the Hellenistic and Byzantine eras until destroyed by the Arab Sack of Amorium in 838; home of the famed 42 Martyrs of Amorium executed for refusing to submit to Islam in 845; now in modern-day Turkey
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Amorium |
Genitive | Amoriī Amorī1 |
Dative | Amoriō |
Accusative | Amorium |
Ablative | Amoriō |
Vocative | Amorium |
Locative | Amoriī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
edit- English: Amorium
References
edit- Amorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.