Ophrynium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀφρύνειον (Ophrúneion).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈpʰry.ni.um/, [ɔˈpʰrʏniʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈfri.ni.um/, [oˈfriːnium]

Proper noun

Ophrynium n sg (genitive Ophryniī or Ophrynī); second declension

A small town of Troad situated between Dardanus and Rhoeteum

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ophrynium
Genitive	Ophryniī Ophrynī¹
Dative	Ophryniō
Accusative	Ophrynium
Ablative	Ophryniō
Vocative	Ophrynium
Locative	Ophryniī

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

References

“Ophrynium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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