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English
Etymology
From Latin Leptis Magna.
Proper noun
Leptis Magna
- (historical) A former city in Libya, one of the cities of Tripoli that did not survive to modern times.
Latin
Etymology
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Itineraria Phoenicia by Edward Lipiński claims the existence of the Proto-Semitic root and identifies it with لفقة, but does not indicate what that root might be.”
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Calque of Ancient Greek Λέπτις μεγάλη (Léptis megálē), from either Punic 𐤋𐤐𐤒 (lpq) or Punic 𐤋𐤐𐤒𐤉 (lpqy), hypothesized to derive from Proto-Semitic (“construction”); compare Arabic لفقة (“to invent, fabricate, or assemble”).
Proper noun
Leptis Magna f sg (genitive Leptis Magnae); third declension
- A former city in Libya, one of the cities of Tripoli that did not survive to modern times.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem) with a first-declension adjective, with locative, singular only.