Agrigentum

Latin

Etymology

Latinization from Ancient Greek Ἀκράγᾱς (Akrágās).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.ɡrɪˈɡɛn.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.ɡriˈd͡ʒɛn.tum]

Proper noun

Agrigentum n sg (genitive Agrigentī); second declension

1. The name of an ancient city of Sicily.; nowadays Agrigento.

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Agrigentum
genitive	Agrigentī
dative	Agrigentō
accusative	Agrigentum
ablative	Agrigentō
vocative	Agrigentum
locative	Agrigentī

Descendants

• Italian: Agrigento
• Sicilian: Girgenti

References

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