Apenninus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Celtic *penn (“mountain, summit”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aː.pɛnˈniː.nʊs], [a.pɛnˈniː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.penˈniː.nus] === Proper noun === Ā̆pennīnus m (genitive Ā̆pennīnī); second declension (geography) (in plural) The Apennines (with adjective) A particular portion of the Apennines. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, with locative. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Apenninus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Apenninus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Apenninus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.