Beneventum

See also: beneventum

Latin

Etymology

From bene ventum, probably an avoidance term from an earlier Maleventum, named due to the bad air.

Proper noun

Beneventum n sg (genitive Beneventī); second declension

  1. Benevento (a city in Italy)

Declension

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

singular
nominative Beneventum
genitive Beneventī
dative Beneventō
accusative Beneventum
ablative Beneventō
vocative Beneventum
locative Beneventī

Descendants

  • English: Beneventum
  • Italian: Benevento
  • Ancient Greek: Βενεουεντόν (Beneouentón)

References

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