Clusium

Clusium

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌄𐌅𐌔𐌉 (clevsi)bor.
Latin Clūsium

    Borrowed from Etruscan 𐌂𐌋𐌄𐌅𐌔𐌉 (clevsi).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Clūsium n sg (genitive Clūsiī or Clūsī); second declension

    1. Chiusi (a city in Tuscany)

    Declension

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

    singular
    nominative Clūsium
    genitive Clūsiī
    Clūsī1
    dative Clūsiō
    accusative Clūsium
    ablative Clūsiō
    vocative Clūsium
    locative Clūsiī

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

    Derived terms

    • Clūsīnus

    Descendants

    • Italian: Chiusi
    • Ancient Greek: Κλούσιον (Kloúsion)

    References

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