Amorium

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Amorion

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀ̆μόρῐον (Ămórĭon).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amorium n sg (genitive Amoriī or Amorī); second declension

  1. (historical) Amorium, Amorion (a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor), legendary birthplace of Aesop, growing into significance in the Hellenistic and Byzantine eras until destroyed by the Arab Sack of Amorium in 838; home of the famed 42 Martyrs of Amorium executed for refusing to submit to Islam in 845; now in modern-day Turkey

Declension

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

singular
nominative Amorium
genitive Amoriī
Amorī1
dative Amoriō
accusative Amorium
ablative Amoriō
vocative Amorium
locative Amoriī

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

Descendants

  • English: Amorium

References

  • Amorium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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