proper noun · neutersecond declension
Mattium
Mattium n sg (genitive Mattiī or Mattī)
Classical[ˈmat.ti.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈmat.ti.um]
Meaning
- neutersingulara city on the Eder in Germania, capital of the Chatti. Further details are uncertain. Possibilities include
- neutersingularMarburg (a university town, the district capital of Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf, State of Hesse, Germany)
- neutersingularMaden (a village, a Stadtteil of Gudensberg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, State of Hesse, Germany)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Mattium | — |
| genitive | Mattiī Mattī | — |
| dative | Mattiō | — |
| accusative | Mattium | — |
| ablative | Mattiō | — |
| vocative | Mattium | — |
| locative | Mattiī | — |
Mattĭum, ĭi, n.,
I. a city of Germany, the capital of the Chatti; acc. to some, Marburg; acc. to others, the town of Maden, near Fritzlar, Tac. A. 1, 56.
Origins
Of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *Mattija (“that which belongs to the Matto”), from *Matto, the name of a stream, of uncertain origin, probably from a pre-Germanic hydronym *Matna. Compare the first element of the river Matzoff. Weaker theories include: * *mēþą (“mowing”), as in mowable grassland, * Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to be wet”), * the Gaulish name Mattos, shortened from a Celtic compound beginning in Proto-Celtic *matis (“good”).