LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · neutersecond declension

Boviānum

Boviānum n sg (genitive Boviānī)

Meaning

  1. a city in interior Samnium, situated near the sources of the river Tifernus, now Bojano

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeBoviānum—
genitiveBoviānī—
dativeBoviānō—
accusativeBoviānum—
ablativeBoviānō—
vocativeBoviānum—
locativeBoviānī—

Bŏvĭānum, i, n., = Βοΐᾶνον,
I. the name of two towns in Samnium.
I. The principal place of the Pentri, now Boiano, Cic. Clu. 69, 197; Liv. 9, 28, 2 and 3; 9, 31, 4; 10, 43, 15; in Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 107, with the appel. Vetus, to distinguish it from,
II. Bovianum Undecumanorum, prob. a place in the neighborhood of the preceding, occupied by the veterans of the eleventh legion, Plin. l. l.—Hence, Bŏvĭānĭus, a, um, adj., of Bovianum: castra, Sil. 9, 566.—Bŏvĭā-nus, a, um, adj.: ager, Gromat. Vet. p. 259, 23.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyBovianumBovianum (Βοΐανόν, or Βουΐανον: Eth. Bovianensis: Bojano), a city of Samnium, situated in the very heart of that country, close to the sources of the …

Quick answers

What does Boviānum mean in Latin?
Boviānum, a proper noun, means “a city in interior Samnium, situated near the sources of the river Tifernus, now Bojano”.
What is the genitive of Boviānum?
The genitive singular is Boviānī. Boviānum is neuter, second declension.