Arpinum
Latin
Etymology
According to DNGI, probably from a personal name hinted by the common name suffix -inum. Probably of Eastern Italic origin, perhaps from a name ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“something bent, arrow”) and showing the Oscan and Volscian shift kw > p. The root could instead be *h₂erk- (“to lock, guard”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /arˈpiː.num/, [ärˈpiːnʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /arˈpi.num/, [ärˈpiːnum]
Proper noun
Arpīnum n sg (genitive Arpīnī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Arpīnum |
Genitive | Arpīnī |
Dative | Arpīnō |
Accusative | Arpīnum |
Ablative | Arpīnō |
Vocative | Arpīnum |
Locative | Arpīnī |
Derived terms
- arpīnās
- arpīnātēs
- arpīnus
Descendants
- Italian: Arpino
References
- “Arpinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Arpinum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Arpinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 25
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