Verulamium

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Verulamium, the name of the Roman settlement on the same site. === Proper noun === Verulamium (historical) A town in Britannia, Roman Empire. An ancient town in Roman Britain, sited in the southwest of the modern city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England, UK. === See also === Verulam === Further reading === Verulamium in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) == Latin == === Etymology === Of Celtic/Brythonic origin, reconstructed as *Uerulāmion, from Proto-Brythonic *Uerulāmos (“of the broad hand”) (compare *ɸlāmā (“hand, palm”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛ.rʊˈɫa.mi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ve.ruˈlaː.mi.um] === Proper noun === Verulamium n sg (genitive Verulamiī or Verulamī); second declension a town in Britannia, Roman Empire, now St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === References === “Verulamium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Verulamium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly