Aletrium

== Latin == === Etymology === There is no agreed upon etymology. Indo-European, Semitic, and Etruscan origins have been suggested. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈɫɛ.tri.ũː], [aˈɫɛt.ri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈlɛː.tri.um], [aˈlɛt.ri.um] === Proper noun === Aletrium n sg (genitive Aletriī or Aletrī); second declension an ancient Latian town in Italy, originally settled by the Hernici, taken and controlled by the Roman Empire in 306 BC, site of modern Alatri ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Aletrīnas Aletrīnātēs Aletrīnēnsis ==== Related terms ==== Ἀλέτριον (Alétrion) ==== Descendants ==== Italian: Alatri → Ancient Greek: Ἀλέτριον (Alétrion) === References === “Alētrium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Alĕtrĭum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.