Lavinium

Latin

Etymology

From Lavinia, daughter of the king of the Latins and wife of Aeneas.

Proper noun

Lāvīnium n sg (genitive Lāvīniī or Lāvīnī); second declension

  1. port city near Rome, founded by Aeneas

Declension

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

Case Singular
Nominative Lāvīnium
Genitive Lāvīniī
Lāvīnī1
Dative Lāvīniō
Accusative Lāvīnium
Ablative Lāvīniō
Vocative Lāvīnium
Locative Lāvīniī

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

Derived terms
  • Lāvīnienses

Descendants
  • Italian: Lavinio
  • Ancient Greek: Λαουΐνιον (Laouḯnion)

References
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