proper noun · neutersecond declension
Patavium
Patavium n sg (genitive Pataviī or Patavī)
Meaning
- neutersingularPadua (a city in Italy)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Patavium | — |
| genitive | Pataviī Patavī | — |
| dative | Pataviō | — |
| accusative | Patavium | — |
| ablative | Pataviō | — |
| vocative | Patavium | — |
| locative | Pataviī | — |
Pătăvĭum, ĭi, n.,
I. an important city of Gallia Cisalpina, in the territory of the Veneti, founded by Antenor, the birthplace of Livy the historian, the modern Padua, Mel. 2, 4, 2; Plin. 3, 19, 23, § 130, Liv. 10, 2 fin.; Verg. A. 1, 247, Suet. Tib 14; Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 7 et saep.—Hence,
II. Pă-tăvīnus, a, um, adj., atavinian. Paduan: tunicae. Mart. 14, 143, 1:
volumina, i. e. Livy's Roman history, Sid. Carm. 2, 189.—In plur. subst.: Pătăvīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Patavium, the Patavinians, Cic. Phil. 12, 4, 10; Liv. 10, 2; Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 121.Origins
Uncertain. Possibly connected to the river Padus, or formed from pateo (“to increase or extend (frontiers)”), or borrowed from Gaulish *padi (“pines”), cognate with padi (“pitch pines”).