Arpinum

== Latin == === Etymology === According to DNGI, probably from a personal name hinted by the common name suffix -inum. Probably of Eastern Italic origin, perhaps from a name ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“something bent, arrow”) and showing the Oscan and Volscian shift kw > p. The root could instead be *h₂erk- (“to lock, guard”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [arˈpiː.nũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [arˈpiː.num] === Proper noun === Arpīnum n sg (genitive Arpīnī); second declension an ancient city of the Volscians, situated on a hill above the valley of the Liris and birthplace of Cicero, now Arpino ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== arpīnās arpīnātēs arpīnus ==== Descendants ==== Italian: Arpino === References === “Arpinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Arpinum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Arpinum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.