Pelusium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pelusium, from Ancient Greek Πηλούσιον (Pēloúsion).

Proper noun

Pelusium

2. An ancient city of Egypt at the eastern mouth of the Nile

Related terms

• Pelusiac
• Pelusian

Translations

Translations

• French: Péluse (fr) f
• Italian: Pelusio
• Latin: Pēlūsium n
• Portuguese: Pelúsio
• Russian: Пелу́зий (ru) m (Pelúzij)
• Spanish: Pelusio

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Πηλούσιον (Pēloúsion).

Proper noun

Pēlūsium n sg (genitive Pēlūsiī or Pēlūsī); second declension

1. Pelusium (an ancient city of Egypt at the eastern mouth of the Nile)

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Pēlūsium
genitive	Pēlūsiī Pēlūsī1
dative	Pēlūsiō
accusative	Pēlūsium
ablative	Pēlūsiō
vocative	Pēlūsium
locative	Pēlūsiī

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

Derived terms

• Pēlūsiacus
• Pēlūsiānus
• Pēlūsius

Descendants

• → English: Pelusium
• French: Péluse
• Italian: Pelusio
• Portuguese: Pelúsio
• Spanish: Pelusio

References

• “Pelusium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Pelusium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Pelusium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly