Lavinium

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Lavinia, daughter of the king of the Latins and wife of Aeneas.

Proper noun[edit]

Lāvīnium n sg (genitive Lāvīniī or Lāvīnī); second declension

  1. port city near Rome, founded by Aeneas

Declension[edit]

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

Case Singular
Nominative Lāvīnium
Genitive Lāvīniī
Lāvīnī1
Dative Lāvīniō
Accusative Lāvīnium
Ablative Lāvīniō
Vocative Lāvīnium
Locative Lāvīniī

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

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: Lavinio
  • Ancient Greek: Λαουΐνιον (Laouḯnion)

References[edit]

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