Apamea
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English
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Ăpămēa, from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Apamea (uncountable)
- (historical) The name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see
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Translations
name of several Hellenistic cities
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.paˈmeː.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.paˈme.a/,
Proper noun
Apamēa f sg (genitive Apamēae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Apamēa |
| genitive | Apamēae |
| dative | Apamēae |
| accusative | Apamēam |
| ablative | Apamēā |
| vocative | Apamēa |
| locative | Apamēae |
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References
- Apamea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Apamea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press