Sunium

Sunium

Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σούνιον (Soúnion).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Sūnium n sg (genitive Sūniī or Sūnī); second declension

    1. A promontory and town situated on the southern coast of Attica

    Declension

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

    singular
    nominative Sūnium
    genitive Sūniī
    Sūnī1
    dative Sūniō
    accusative Sūnium
    ablative Sūniō
    vocative Sūnium
    locative Sūniī

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

    References

    • Sunium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • Sunium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Sunium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly