Geography Terms and Abbreviations
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Greek and Latin geographic terms often appear in the titles of places or in their names, sometimes in abbreviated form. Those used in the Barrington Atlas and in Pleiades are defined here.
Table of Contents
Latin Terms
- Aestuarium
- estuary
- Ager, Agri
- district, region
- Aqua
- aqueduct
- Campus, -i
- plain
- Collis, -es
- hill(s)
- Fauces
- gorge(s)
- Fons, Fontes
- spring(s)
- Fossa(tum)
- earthwork, canal
- Fretum
- strait
- Fundus
- estate
- Horti
- gardens, estate
- Inferior
- lower
- Iuga
- mountain chain, ridge(s)
- Limes
- fortified line
- Litus
- coast, shore
- Magnus, -a, -um
- large
- Mare
- sea
- Metallum, -i, -a
- mine(s)
- Murus
- wall
- Nemus
- grove
- Oceanus
- ocean
- Ora
- coast, shore
- Ostium
- estuary, river mouth
- Pagus
- district, village
- Palus, Paludes
- marsh(es), swamp(s)
- Parvus, -a, -um
- small
- Pons
- bridge
- Porta, -ae
- gate(s), pass
- Portus
- port
- Praedium, -a
- estate(s)
- Salinae
- salt marsh, salt pans
- Saltus
- district, forest
- Saxa
- rocks
- Scopulus, -i
- rock(s)
- Silva
- forest, wood
- Sinus
- bay, gulf, strait
- Stagnum
- lake, swamp
- Superior
- upper
- Tractus
- region
- Turris, -es
- tower(s)
- Vallis, -es
- valley(s)
- Via, -ae
- road(s)
- Vicus
- village
Greek Terms
- Aigialos
- coast, shore
- Akra, Akron, Akroterion
- cape, promontory
- Ano
- upper
- Antron
- cave
- Aulon
- glen (land), gulf (sea)
- Chora
- region
- Diorux
- canal
- Eischusis
- estuary
- Helos
- marsh
- Hieron
- temple
- Hodos, -oi
- road(s)
- Hyle
- forest
- Kato
- lower
- Keras
- horn, cape
- Kolpos
- bay, gulf, strait
- Kome
- village
- Krene
- spring
- Limen
- port
- Limne, -ai
- lake, marsh
- Megas, Megale, Mega
- large
- Meris
- administrative district
- Mikros, -a, -on
- small
- Nesos, -oi
- island(s)
- Okeanos
- ocean
- Oros, Ore
- mountain(s)
- Pedion
- plain
- Pege
- spring
- Pelagos
- sea
- Petra, -ai
- rock(s)
- Porthmos
- strait
- Potamos
- river
- Pyle, -ai
- gate(s), pass
- Skopelos, -oi
- rock(s), peak(s)
- Stena
- gorge
- Stoma
- estuary, river mouth
- Teichos, -e
- wall(s)
- Thalassa
- sea
- Thines
- earthwork
Abbreviated Terms
- Ag., Hag.
- (H)Agios (m.), H(Agia) (f.)
saint - Cast.
- Castellum, Castra
camp, fort - Civ.
- Civitas
city, settlement - Col.
- Colonia
colony - fl.
- flumen, fluvius
river - Ins(s).
- Insulat(e)
island(s) - L.
- Lacus
lake - M.
- Mons, Montes
mountain(s) - Mon.
- Monasterium
monastery - Monu.
- Monumentum
monument - Mun.
- Municipium
city, settlement - N.
- Nomos
administrative district - Pr.
- Promunturium
cape, promontory - S.
- Sanctus (m.), Sancta (f.)
saint - Sep.
- Sepulchrum, -a
monument(s), tomb(s) - T.
- Templum
temple
References
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Talbert, Richard J. A. Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press,, 2000. Print.