Capitium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καπίτιον (Kapítion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈpɪ.ti.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈpit.t͡si.um]

Proper noun

Capitium n sg (genitive Capitiī or Capitī); second declension

1. a city in Sicily, situated near Aluntium and Engyum

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Capitium
genitive	Capitiī Capitī1
dative	Capitiō
accusative	Capitium
ablative	Capitiō
vocative	Capitium
locative	Capitiī

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

Derived terms

• Capitīnus

References

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