Sunium
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σούνιον (Soúnion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsuː.ni.um/, [ˈs̠uːniʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsu.ni.um/, [ˈsuːnium]
Proper noun
Sūnium n sg (genitive Sūniī or Sūnī); second declension
- A promontory and town situated on the southern coast of Attica
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Sūnium |
| Genitive | Sūniī Sūnī1 |
| Dative | Sūniō |
| Accusative | Sūnium |
| Ablative | Sūniō |
| Vocative | Sūnium |
| Locative | Sūniī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Sunium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sunium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Sunium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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