Altinum

Latin Etymology la ine-pro *h₂el- grow la: According to Alessio-De Giovanni, the name derives from a Mediterranean pre-IE la qfa-sub - und *alt swamp Comparable with Altaenus in en Apulia, from a dental extension *alt- of la itc-pro *alō, from la ine-pro *h₂életi grow, nourish, making it a doublet of la altus tall, high. This is supported by Pokorny and Frisk. According to Duridanov, the extension *alt- is from la ine-pro *ol-to flooded, from ine-pro *el- to flow. Proper noun Altīnum<2.loc> a city of Venetia situated near the mouth of the river Silis, on a marshy area Declension Altīnum<2.loc> References Pokorny, Julius, Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 1959. G. CRESCI - M. TIRELLI, Altino romana attraverso l'obbietivo fotografico di Alessio De Bon, in Quaderni Friulani di Archeologia 26, 2016, 77-84 Eos: commentarii Societatis Philologae Polonorum, Volumes 68-69 "Altino," Antonio Sciarretta's Toponymy la Cities Italy