Cumae
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English
Etymology
Proper noun
Cumae
- An Ancient Greek, and then Roman, settlement near Naples famed for its sibyl.
Translations
Ancient city
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κύμη (Kúmē, “Cumae”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkuː.mae̯/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈku.me/,
Proper noun
Cūmae f pl (genitive Cūmārum); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Cūmae |
| Genitive | Cūmārum |
| Dative | Cūmīs |
| Accusative | Cūmās |
| Ablative | Cūmīs |
| Vocative | Cūmae |
| Locative | Cūmīs |
See also
References
- “Cumae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cumae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Cumae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Cumae”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
- “Cumae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly