Herculaneum
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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin Herculaneum, named for the mythical figure Hercules.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Herculaneum
- An ancient town in modern Campania, Italy, which was entirely destroyed by the same eruption of Vesuvius that also turned Pompeii into a ruin.
Translations
city in Italy
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Named for the mythical figure Hercules.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Herculāneum n sg (genitive Herculāneī); second declension
- Herculaneum (an ancient town in modern Campania, Italy, which was entirely destroyed by the same eruption of Vesuvius that also turned Pompeii into a ruin)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Herculāneum |
| genitive | Herculāneī |
| dative | Herculāneō |
| accusative | Herculāneum |
| ablative | Herculāneō |
| vocative | Herculāneum |
| locative | Herculāneī |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: Herculaneum
- → French: Herculanum
- → Italian: Ercolano
- → Spanish: Herculano
References
- “Herculaneum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Herculaneum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.