Salernum
Latin
Etymology
Possibilities include:
- One of the cities' Etruscan nicknames, as it was originally colonized by Etruscans.[1]
- From a Italic (possibly Oscan) derivative of Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ls (“salt”), as the colony was on the coast.[2]
- From a Mediterranean substrate *sala (“channel”), with the suffix -ern- typical of substrate names.[3]
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Salernum |
| Genitive | Salernī |
| Dative | Salernō |
| Accusative | Salernum |
| Ablative | Salernō |
| Vocative | Salernum |
| Locative | Salernī |
References
- “Salernum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Salernum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- The History of Etruria. (1843). United Kingdom: (n.p.), p. 394
- DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.
- UTET
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