Canusium

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈnu.si.um/, [käˈnʊs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈnu.si.um/, [käˈnuːs̬ium]

Proper noun

Canusium n sg (genitive Canusiī or Canusī); second declension

  1. One of the most important cities of Apulia, situated near the right bank of the river Aufidus, now the town of Canosa

Declension

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

Case Singular
Nominative Canusium
Genitive Canusiī
Canusī1
Dative Canusiō
Accusative Canusium
Ablative Canusiō
Vocative Canusium
Locative Canusiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms
  • Canusīnus

References
  • “Canusium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Canusium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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