promontorium

English

Etymology

A borrowing of Latin promontorium.

Noun

promontorium (plural promontoriums or promontoria)

1. Synonym of promontory.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proː.monˈtoː.ri.um/, [proːmɔn̪ˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.monˈto.ri.um/, [promon̪ˈt̪ɔːrium]

Noun

prōmontōrium n (genitive prōmontōriī or prōmontōrī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of prōmunturium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	prōmontōrium	prōmontōria
Genitive	prōmontōriī prōmontōrī1	prōmontōriōrum
Dative	prōmontōriō	prōmontōriīs
Accusative	prōmontōrium	prōmontōria
Ablative	prōmontōriō	prōmontōriīs
Vocative	prōmontōrium	prōmontōria

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

References

• promontorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)