Acrocorinthus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀκροκόρινθος (Akrokórinthos), from ἄκρος (ákros, “tip, summit, citadel”) + Κόρινθος (Kórinthos, “Corinth”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.krɔ.kɔˈrɪn.tʰʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.kro.koˈrin.tus] Lewis and Short give the initial vowel as long, but this does not seem to be justified either metrically or etymologically. === Noun === Acrocorinthus m sg (genitive Acrocorinthī); second declension Acrocorinth (the acropolis of ancient Corinth) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Acrocorinthus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Acrocorinthus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.