Casmenae

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κασμέναι (Kasménai).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Casmenae f pl (genitive Casmenārum); first declension

  1. A colony of Sicily, founded by Syracusans in 644 BC, located on the Hyblaean Mountains, near modern Buscemi

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

plural
nominative Casmenae
genitive Casmenārum
dative Casmenīs
accusative Casmenās
ablative Casmenīs
vocative Casmenae
locative Casmenīs

Descendants

  • Italian: Casmene
  • English: Casmenae
  • Sicilian: Càsmini, Casmeni

References

  • Casmenae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly