Acroceraunia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “sharp; high”) +‎ κεραύνιος (keraúnios, “of thunder, struck with thunder”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.kro.keˈrau̯.ni.a/, [äkrɔkɛˈräu̯niä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kro.t͡ʃeˈrau̯.ni.a/, [äkrot͡ʃeˈräːu̯niä]

Noun

Acroceraunia n pl (genitive Acrocerauniōrum); second declension

1. A coastal mountain range in southwestern Albania

Declension

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

Case	Plural
Nominative	Acroceraunia
Genitive	Acrocerauniōrum
Dative	Acrocerauniīs
Accusative	Acroceraunia
Ablative	Acrocerauniīs
Vocative	Acroceraunia
Locative	Acrocerauniīs

References

• “Acroceraunia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Acroceraunia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Acroceraunia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.