Venta Silurum

== Latin == === Etymology === From the name of the local tribe, the Silures. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɛn.ta ˈsɪ.ɫʊ.rũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɛn.ta ˈsiː.lu.rum] === Proper noun === Venta Silurum f sg (genitive Ventae Silurum); first declension a town in Britannia, now Caerwent ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, with locative, singular only. === References === “Venta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly