Aventinus mons
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unclear, ancient authors derive it either from:
- Aventinus, legendary king of Alba Longa;
- Aventinus, a legendary king of the Aborigines;
- (according to Servius) avis, on account of the many birds who roosted there;
- Aventinus, son of Hercules, rejected by Servius as having been named after the hill itself;
- (more likely, according to Varro) Avens (modern-day Velino) (+ -īnus), a river nearby, also rejected by Servius.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.wɛnˈtiː.nʊs ˈmõːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.ven̪ˈt̪iː.nus ˈmɔns]
Proper noun
Aventīnus mons m sg (genitive Aventīnī montis); third declension
- the Aventine Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome
- Coordinate terms: Caelius mons, Capitōlium (Capitōlīnus mons), Esquilīnus mons (Esquiliae), Palātium (Palātīnus mons), Quirinālis collis, Viminālis collis
Declension
Second-declension adjective with a third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Aventīnus mons |
| genitive | Aventīnī montis |
| dative | Aventīnō montī |
| accusative | Aventīnum montem |
| ablative | Aventīnō monte |
| vocative | Aventīne mons |
Descendants
References
Further reading
- mons Aventinus mons in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “mons Aventīnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press