Larinum

From Oscan, where it also appears in the form LADINOD. Further etymology unknown. According to UTET, possibly related to laridum (“bacon grease”) and Ancient Greek λαρινός (larinós, “fat”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫaːˈriː.nũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [laˈriː.num]

Lārīnum n sg (genitive Lārīnī); second declension

1. A city in the northern part of Apulia, situated near the river Tifernus, now the town of Larino

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

• Lārīnās

• “Larinum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Larinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Giuliano Gasca Queirazza, Carla Marcato, Giulia Petracco Sicardi, Alda Rossebastiano (1990): Dizionario di toponomastica. I nomi geografici italiani, Torino, UTET.