Etymology

pomerium

po·me·ri·um
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Today it means: The ritually established and sacred formal boundary of the territory of a Roman city; the territory thus bound. Full definition →

Latin pōmoerium
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  1. Latin · borrowed frompōmoerium
  2. English todaypomerium

From Latin pōmoerium, pōmērium (“the religious boundary of a city”), either from post (“behind”) + moerus, mūrus (“wall”) + -ium (neuter form of -ius (adjective-forming suffix)), or derived from an Etruscan word.

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