Numantia

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Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Celtiberian.

Proper noun

Numantia f sg (genitive Numantiae); first declension

  1. Numantia (an ancient city, and now an archaeological site, in the municipality of Garray in modern Spain)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Descendants

  • French: Numance (learned)

References

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