Idalium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῑ̓δάλιον (Īdálion).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Īdalium n sg (genitive Īdaliī or Īdalī); second declension

  1. a town of Cyprus famous for its cult of Aphrodite

Declension

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

singular
nominative Īdalium
genitive Īdaliī
Īdalī1
dative Īdaliō
accusative Īdalium
ablative Īdaliō
vocative Īdalium
locative Īdaliī

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

Derived terms

  • Īdalius

Further reading

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