LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · neutersecond declension

Amorium

Amorium n sg (genitive Amoriī or Amorī)
Classical[aˈmɔ.ri.ũː]Ecclesiastical[aˈmɔː.ri.um]

Meaning

  1. historicalneutersingularAmorium, Amorion (a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor), legendary birthplace of Aesop, growing into significance in the Hellenistic and Byzantine eras until destroyed by the Arab Sack of Amorium in 838; home of the famed 42 Martyrs of Amorium executed for refusing to submit to Islam in 845; now in modern-day Turkey

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeAmorium—
genitiveAmoriī
Amorī		—
dativeAmoriō—
accusativeAmorium—
ablativeAmoriō—
vocativeAmorium—
locativeAmoriī—

Origins

From Ancient Greek Ἀ̆μόρῐον (Ămórĭon).

Descendants
  • EnglishAmorium

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyAmoriumAmorium (Ἀμόριον: Eth. Ἀμοριεύς), a city of Phrygia, according to Strabo (p. 576). Its probable position can only be deduced from the Peutinger Table,…

Quick answers

What does Amorium mean in Latin?
Amorium, a proper noun, means “Amorium, Amorion (a city in Phrygia, Asia Minor), legendary birthplace of Aesop, growing into significance in the Hellenistic and Byzantine eras until destroyed by the Arab Sack of Amorium in 838; home of the famed 42 Ma”.
What is the genitive of Amorium?
The genitive singular is Amoriī. Amorium is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce Amorium?
In classical Latin, [aˈmɔ.ri.ũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈmɔː.ri.um].