Agrigentum

Latin

Etymology

Latinization from Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.ɡriˈɡen.tum/, [äɡrɪˈɡɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.ɡriˈd͡ʒen.tum/, [äɡriˈd͡ʒɛn̪t̪um]

Proper noun

Agrigentum n sg (genitive Agrigentī); second declension

  1. The name of an ancient city of Sicily.; nowadays Agrigento.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Agrigentum
Genitive Agrigentī
Dative Agrigentō
Accusative Agrigentum
Ablative Agrigentō
Vocative Agrigentum
Locative Agrigentī

Descendants
  • Italian: Agrigento
  • Sicilian: Girgenti

References
  • “Agrigentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Agrigentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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