Mediolanum

English

Proper noun

Mediolanum

  1. The city of Milan in the era of Ancient Rome.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *medyos (“middle”) + *landā (“land”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /me.di.oːˈlaː.num/, [mɛ.di.oːˈɫaː.nũ]

Proper noun

Mediōlānum n (genitive Mediōlānī); second declension

  1. Milan (city in modern Italy)
  2. Mediolanum Santonum, modern Saintes, Charente-Maritime (city in modern France)

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Mediōlānum
Genitive Mediōlānī
Dative Mediōlānō
Accusative Mediōlānum
Ablative Mediōlānō
Vocative Mediōlānum

Descendants

References
  • Mediolanum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Mediolanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Mediolanum in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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