Arpinum

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arpīnum n sg (genitive Arpīnī); second declension

  1. an ancient city of the Volscians, situated on a hill above the valley of the Liris and birthplace of Cicero, now Arpino

Declension

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

Case Singular
Nominative Arpīnum
Genitive Arpīnī
Dative Arpīnō
Accusative Arpīnum
Ablative Arpīnō
Vocative Arpīnum
Locative Arpīnī

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Italian: Arpino

References
  • “Arpinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Arpinum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Arpinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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