Cataractonium
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ka.ta.rakˈto.ni.um/, [kät̪äräkˈt̪ɔniʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.ta.rakˈto.ni.um/, [kät̪äräkˈt̪ɔːnium]
Proper noun
Cataractonium n sg (genitive Cataractoniī or Cataractonī); second declension
- a town of Britannia mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Cataractonium |
Genitive | Cataractoniī Cataractonī1 |
Dative | Cataractoniō |
Accusative | Cataractonium |
Ablative | Cataractoniō |
Vocative | Cataractonium |
Locative | Cataractoniī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Cataroctonion”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly