Limnaea

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λιμναία (Limnaía).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Limnaea f sg (genitive Limnaeae); first declension

  1. a town in Acarnania, situated at the corner of the gulf of Ambracia
  2. a town of Thessaly

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Limnaea
genitive Limnaeae
dative Limnaeae
accusative Limnaeam
ablative Limnaeā
vocative Limnaea
locative Limnaeae

References

  • Limnaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Limnaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Limnaea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly