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Arretium
Arretium
Latin
Proper noun
Arrētium n (genitive Arrētiī or Arrētī); second declension
- One of the most powerful cities of Etruria, situated on the upper valley of the river Arnus, now Arezzo
Declension
Second declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Arrētium |
| genitive | Arrētiī Arrētī1 |
| dative | Arrētiō |
| accusative | Arrētium |
| ablative | Arrētiō |
| vocative | Arrētium |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
- Arrētīnī
- Arrētīnus
Descendants
- Italian: Arezzo
References
- Arretium in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Arretium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.