Agyrium

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Agyrion

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀγύριον (Agúrion), whence also the name of its tyrant, Ἄγυρις (Águris).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Agyrium n sg (genitive Agyriī or Agyrī); second declension

  1. Agira/San Filippo d'Argiriò, a former Sicel city near Enna, Sicily later colonized by the Greeks before its occupation by the Romans, birthplace of Diodorus Siculus

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Agyrium
genitive Agyriī
Agyrī1
dative Agyriō
accusative Agyrium
ablative Agyriō
vocative Agyrium
locative Agyriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

  • Agyrinensis
  • Agyrīnus

Descendants

  • Italian: Agira

References