Patavium
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly connected to the river Padus, or formed from pateo (“I increase or extend (frontiers)”), or borrowed from Gaulish *padi (“pines”), cognate with padi (“pitch pines”).[1]
Proper noun
Patavium n (genitive Pataviī); second declension
- Padua (city in Italy)
Declension
Second declension, with locative.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Patavium |
| genitive | Pataviī |
| dative | Pataviō |
| accusative | Patavium |
| ablative | Pataviō |
| vocative | Patavium |
| locative | Pataviī |
References
- Patavium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Patavium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- ↑ Everett-Heath, J. (2000): Place Names of the World - Europe: Historical Context, Meanings and Changes, p. 167
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