promunturium

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the same root as prōmineō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /proː.munˈtu.ri.um/, [proːmʊn̪ˈt̪ʊriʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro.munˈtu.ri.um/, [promun̪ˈt̪uːrium]

Noun

prōmunturium n (genitive prōmunturiī or prōmunturī); second declension

  1. peak, ridge, highest part of a mountain chain.
  2. cape, headland, promontory, ness

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prōmunturium prōmunturia
Genitive prōmunturiī
prōmunturī1		 prōmunturiōrum
Dative prōmunturiō prōmunturiīs
Accusative prōmunturium prōmunturia
Ablative prōmunturiō prōmunturiīs
Vocative prōmunturium prōmunturia

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

Descendants

References
  • “promunturium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “promunturium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • promunturium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a promontory juts out into the sea: promunturium in mare procurrit
    • to double a cape: promunturium superare
    • to double an island, cape: superare insulam, promunturium
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.