Altinum
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain:
- According to Alessio-De Giovanni, the name derives from a Mediterranean pre-IE substrate *alt (“swamp”)
- Comparable with Altaenus in Apulia, from a dental extension *alt- of Proto-Italic *alō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi (“grow, nourish”), making it a doublet of altus (“tall, high”). This is supported by Pokorny and Frisk.
- According to Duridanov, the extension *alt- is from Proto-Indo-European *ol-to (“flooded”), from *el- (“to flow”).
Proper noun
Altīnum n sg (genitive Altīnī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Altīnum |
Genitive | Altīnī |
Dative | Altīnō |
Accusative | Altīnum |
Ablative | Altīnō |
Vocative | Altīnum |
Locative | Altīnī |
References
- “Altinum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Altinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959.
- G. CRESCI - M. TIRELLI, Altino romana attraverso l'obbietivo fotografico di Alessio De Bon, in Quaderni Friulani di Archeologia 26, 2016, 77-84
- Eos: commentarii Societatis Philologae Polonorum, Volumes 68-69
- "Altino," Antonio Sciarretta's Toponymy
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