Latium
English

Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Latin#LATIUMCategory:English terms derived from Latin#LATIUM Latium. Doublet of LazioCategory:English doublets#LATIUM.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈleɪ.ʃi.əm/Category:English 3-syllable words#LATIUMCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LATIUM
- Hyphenation: La‧ti‧um
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#LATIUMAudio (US): (file)
Proper noun
LatiumCategory:English lemmas#LATIUMCategory:English proper nouns#LATIUMCategory:English uncountable nouns#LATIUMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LATIUMCategory:Pages with entries#LATIUMCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LATIUM
- (historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#LATIUM) A historical region of central Italy, in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman EmpireCategory:en:Geographic and cultural areas of Italy#LATIUMCategory:en:Places in Italy#LATIUMCategory:en:Ancient Rome#LATIUM.
- (archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#LATIUM or rareCategory:English terms with rare senses#LATIUM) Lazio: A modern administrative region of central ItalyCategory:en:Regions of Italy#LATIUMCategory:en:Places in Italy#LATIUM.
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Latium mCategory:French lemmas#LATIUMCategory:French proper nouns#LATIUMCategory:French uncountable nouns#LATIUMCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#LATIUMCategory:French masculine nouns#LATIUMCategory:Pages with entries#LATIUMCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LATIUM
- (historicalCategory:French terms with historical senses#LATIUM) Latium (a historical region of central Italy, in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire)Category:fr:Geographic and cultural areas of Italy#LATIUMCategory:fr:Places in Italy#LATIUMCategory:fr:Ancient Rome#LATIUM
- Lazio (an administrative region of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country with Rome as its capital)Category:fr:Lazio, Italy#LATIUMCategory:fr:Lazio, Italy#LATIUMCategory:fr:Regions of Italy#LATIUMCategory:fr:Places in Italy#LATIUM
See also
German
Etymology
Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:German terms borrowed from Latin#LATIUMCategory:German learned borrowings from Latin#LATIUMCategory:German terms derived from Latin#LATIUM Latium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaːtsi̯ʊm/, [ˈlaː.t͡si.ʊm], [ˈlaː.t͡sjʊm]Category:German 2-syllable words#LATIUMCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#LATIUM
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#LATIUMAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Proper noun
Latium n (proper noun, genitive Latiums or (optionally with an article) Latium)Category:German lemmas#LATIUMCategory:German proper nouns#LATIUMCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#LATIUMCategory:German neuter nouns#LATIUMCategory:Pages with entries#LATIUMCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LATIUM
- (historicalCategory:German terms with historical senses#LATIUM) Latium (a historical region of central Italy, in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire)Category:de:Geographic and cultural areas of Italy#LATIUMCategory:de:Places in Italy#LATIUMCategory:de:Ancient Rome#LATIUM
- Lazio (an administrative region of Italy, situated in the central peninsular section of the country with Rome as its capital)Category:de:Lazio, Italy#LATIUMCategory:de:Lazio, Italy#LATIUMCategory:de:Regions of Italy#LATIUMCategory:de:Places in Italy#LATIUM
Declension
Related terms
See also
Latin
Etymology
UncertainCategory:Latin terms with unknown etymologies#LATIUM; probably a loanword from an ancient, non-Indo-European substrateCategory:Latin terms derived from substrate languages#LATIUM language, possibly EtruscanCategory:Latin terms derived from Etruscan#LATIUM or a related language, but it has also been linked to lātus (“wide”), a reference to the flat land of the region, or latus (“side”), being on the central-west side of the Italian peninsula.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Latium n sg (genitive Latiī or Latī)Category:Latin lemmas#LATIUMCategory:Latin proper nouns#LATIUMCategory:Latin second declension nouns#LATIUMCategory:Latin neuter nouns in the second declension#LATIUMCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#LATIUMCategory:Latin neuter nouns#LATIUMCategory:Pages with entries#LATIUMCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LATIUM; second declension
- (historicalCategory:Latin terms with historical senses#LATIUM) Latium (a historical region of central Italy, in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire)Category:la:Geographic and cultural areas of Italy#LATIUMCategory:la:Places in Italy#LATIUMCategory:la:Ancient Rome#LATIUM
- (New LatinCategory:New Latin#LATIUM) Lazio (a region of Italy)Category:la:Lazio, Italy#LATIUMCategory:la:Regions of Italy#LATIUMCategory:la:Places in Italy#LATIUM
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Latium |
| genitive | Latiī Latī1 |
| dative | Latiō |
| accusative | Latium |
| ablative | Latiō |
| vocative | Latium |
| locative | Latiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
Descendants
- Aragonese: Lazio
- Asturian: Lacio
- Catalan: Laci
- Franco-Provençal: Lacion
- French: Latium
- Friulian: Lazi
- Galician: Lacio
- Italian: Lazio
- Ligurian: Lassio
- Lombard: Làsio
- Neapolitan: Lazzio
- Occitan: Laci
- Piedmontese: Lassio
- → Polish: Lacjum
- Portuguese: Lácio
- Romanian: Latium
- → Serbo-Croatian: Lacij, Lacijum
- Sardinian: Làtziu
- → Slovene: Lacij
- Sicilian: Lazziu
- Spanish: Lacio
- Venetan: Łazsio
See also
References
- “Latium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Latium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
