Capua
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English
Proper noun
Capua
- A town and municipality in the province of Caserta, Campania, Italy.
Italian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Capua f
References
- ^ Capua in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin
Etymology
From Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌐𐌄𐌅𐌀 (capeva, “city of marshes”).
Proper noun
Capua f sg (genitive Capuae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Capua |
| Genitive | Capuae |
| Dative | Capuae |
| Accusative | Capuam |
| Ablative | Capuā |
| Vocative | Capua |
| Locative | Capuae |
References
- “Capua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Capua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Grant, Michael (January 1980). The Etruscans