Abellinum

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl (“apple”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abellīnum n sg (genitive Abellīnī); second declension

  1. A considerable city of Hirpinia, situated in the upper valley of the river Sabatus, now the city of Avellino.

Declension

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

singular
nominative Abellīnum
genitive Abellīnī
dative Abellīnō
accusative Abellīnum
ablative Abellīnō
vocative Abellīnum
locative Abellīnī

Derived terms

  • Abellīnus

Descendants

  • Italian: Avellino

References

  • “Abellinum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Abellinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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