Genava

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Latin

Alternative forms

Geneva, Genua, Genna

Etymology

Celtic name, from Proto-Celtic *genwā (“(river) bend”) (Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu), similar to Genabum, Genua, etc.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.na.u̯a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.na.va/,
Note: the length of the vowel is not attested in poetry, but it would have been short based on etymology and alternative forms.

Proper noun

Genava f sg (genitive Genavae); first declension

Geneva

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Genava
Genitive	Genavae
Dative	Genavae
Accusative	Genavam
Ablative	Genavā
Vocative	Genava
Locative	Genavae

Derived terms

Genavēnsis

Further reading

“Genava”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Genava in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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