Hydruntum

English

Etymology

From Latin Hydruntum, from Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs), from the combining form of ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -οῦς (-oûs, “-ous, -ful”). Doublet of Otranto and hydrous.

Proper noun

Hydruntum

(historical) Former name of Otranto, a city in Apulia, in southeastern Italy.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs).

Proper noun

Hydrūntum n sg (genitive Hydrūntī); second declension

Otranto (a city in Apulia, in southeastern Italy)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hydrūntum
Genitive	Hydrūntī
Dative	Hydrūntō
Accusative	Hydrūntum
Ablative	Hydrūntō
Vocative	Hydrūntum
Locative	Hydrūntī

Synonyms

Hydrus

Descendants

English: Hydruntum
Italian: Otranto
- English: Otranto

References

“Hydruntum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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