promunturium

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the same root as prōmineō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /proː.munˈtu.ri.um/, [proː.mʊnˈtʊ.ri.ũ]

Noun

prōmunturium n (genitive prōmunturiī); second declension

  1. peak; highest part of a mountain chain.
  2. cape, headland, promontory

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative prōmunturium prōmunturia
Genitive prōmunturiī prōmunturiōrum
Dative prōmunturiō prōmunturiīs
Accusative prōmunturium prōmunturia
Ablative prōmunturiō prōmunturiīs
Vocative prōmunturium prōmunturia

Descendants

References
  • promunturium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • promunturium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • promunturium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a promontory juts out into the sea: promunturium in mare procurrit
    • to double a cape: promunturium superare
    • to double an island, cape: superare insulam, promunturium
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