Gythium

== English == === Etymology === From Latin. === Proper noun === Gythium (historical) A city, predecessor of the modern Gytheio. ==== Synonyms ==== Gytheion == Latin == === Alternative forms === Gythēum === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γύθιον (Gúthion). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡy.tʰi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒiː.ti.um] === Proper noun === Gythium n sg (genitive Gythiī or Gythī); second declension A town of Laconia, situated near the mouth of the river Eurotas ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “Gytheum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Gytheum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Gythium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly