Beneventum

See also: beneventum

Latin

Etymology

From bene ventum, probably an avoidance term from an earlier Maleventum, named due to the bad air.

Proper noun

Beneventum n sg (genitive Beneventī); second declension

  1. Benevento (a city in Italy)

Declension

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

Case Singular
Nominative Beneventum
Genitive Beneventī
Dative Beneventō
Accusative Beneventum
Ablative Beneventō
Vocative Beneventum
Locative Beneventī

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