Aventinus mons

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Aventīnus m Aventīnum n === Etymology === Unclear, ancient authors derive it either from: Aventinus, legendary king of Alba Longa; Aventinus, a legendary king of the Aborigines; (according to Servius) avis, on account of the many birds who roosted there; Aventinus, son of Hercules, rejected by Servius as having been named after the hill itself; (more likely, according to Varro) Avens (modern-day Velino) (+ -īnus), a river nearby, also rejected by Servius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.wɛnˈtiː.nʊs ˈmõːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.venˈtiː.nus ˈmɔns] === Proper noun === Aventīnus mons m sg (genitive Aventīnī montis); third declension the Aventine Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome Coordinate terms: Caelius mons, Capitōlium (Capitōlīnus mons), Esquilīnus mons (Esquiliae), Palātium (Palātīnus mons), Quirinālis collis, Viminālis collis ==== Declension ==== Second-declension adjective with a third-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== English: Aventine French: Aventin Italian: Aventino === References === === Further reading === “Aventinus mons”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “mons Aventīnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press