municipium
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English
Etymology
From Latin municipium. Doublet of municipio.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mjuː.nɪˈsɪ.pɪ.əm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmju.nəˈsɪ.pi.əm/
- Hyphenation: mu‧nic‧i‧pi‧um
Noun
municipium (plural municipia)
- (historical) An ancient Roman town or city.
Latin
Etymology
From mūniceps (“citizen (of a municipality)”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /muː.niˈki.pi.um/, [muːnɪˈkɪpiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mu.niˈt͡ʃi.pi.um/, [muniˈt͡ʃiːpium]
Noun
mūnicipium n (genitive mūnicipiī or mūnicipī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mūnicipium | mūnicipia |
Genitive | mūnicipiī mūnicipī1 |
mūnicipiōrum |
Dative | mūnicipiō | mūnicipiīs |
Accusative | mūnicipium | mūnicipia |
Ablative | mūnicipiō | mūnicipiīs |
Vocative | mūnicipium | mūnicipia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
References
- “municipium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “municipium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “municipium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “municipium”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mūnicipium, used in Swedish since 1832.
Noun
municipium n
- a municipality, a small, incorporated town (in ancient Rome or in Sweden c. 1862-1971)
Declension
Declension of municipium | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | municipium | municipiet | municipier | municipierna |
Genitive | municipiums | municipiets | municipiers | municipiernas |
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- municipium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (9th ed., 5th printing, 1954)
- municipium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (10th ed., 1st printing, 1973)
- municipium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Municipium in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1913)
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