Laurentum

Latin

Etymology

According to Virgil, the city was named after a laurel tree, from laurus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /lau̯ˈren.tum/, [ɫ̪äu̯ˈrɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /lau̯ˈren.tum/, [läu̯ˈrɛn̪t̪um]

Proper noun

Laurentum n sg (genitive Laurentī); second declension

Laurentum, a maritime town in Latium between Ostia and Lavinium (now Torre).

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Laurentum
Genitive	Laurentī
Dative	Laurentō
Accusative	Laurentum
Ablative	Laurentō
Vocative	Laurentum
Locative	Laurentī

Further reading

Edward Herbert Bunbury (1854). "Laurentum". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: Walton and Maberly
Theodore C. Williams (1910). "Virgil, Aeneid 7.59". P. Vergilius Maro. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
“Laurentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Laurentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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