Cantium

Latin

Etymology

From Brythonic *Cantio, from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner, rim”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkan.ti.ũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkan.t̪͡s̪i.um]

Proper noun

Cantium n sg (genitive Cantiī or Cantī); second declension

a promontory in England (now Kent)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cantium
genitive	Cantiī Cantī¹
dative	Cantiō
accusative	Cantium
ablative	Cantiō
vocative	Cantium

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

Derived terms

Cantius (given name)

Descendants

Italian: Canzio
→ Old English: Cent
- Middle English: Kent, Kente, Kentt
  - English: Kent

References

“Cantium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Cantium” in Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary
Cantium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.