Patavium

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly connected to the river Padus, or formed from pateo (“I increase or extend (frontiers)”), or borrowed from Gaulish *padi (“pines”), cognate with padi (“pitch pines”).[1]

Proper noun

Patavium n (genitive Pataviī); second declension

  1. Padua (city in Italy)

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Patavium
Genitive Pataviī
Dative Pataviō
Accusative Patavium
Ablative Pataviō
Vocative Patavium
Locative Pataviī

References
  • Patavium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Patavium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. Everett-Heath, J. (2000): Place Names of the World - Europe: Historical Context, Meanings and Changes, p. 167
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