Cantium

Latin

Etymology

From Brythonic *Cantio, from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner, rim”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.ti.um/, [ˈkän̪t̪iʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.t͡si.um/, [ˈkänt̪͡s̪ium]

Proper noun

Cantium n sg (genitive Cantiī or Cantī); second declension

a promontory in England (now Kent)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cantium
Genitive	Cantiī Cantī¹
Dative	Cantiō
Accusative	Cantium
Ablative	Cantiō
Vocative	Cantium

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

Derived terms

Cantius (given name)

Descendants

Italian: Canzio
→ Old English: Cent
- English: Kent

References

“Cantium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Cantium” in Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary
Cantium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.

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