Populonia

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Latin

Etymology 1

populor (I lay waste”, “I ravage”, “I devastate) +‎ -ōnia

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Populōnia f sg (genitive Populōniae); first declension

  1. an epithet of Juno
Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Populōnia
genitive Populōniae
dative Populōniae
accusative Populōniam
ablative Populōniā
vocative Populōnia

References

Etymology 2

From Etruscan 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌍𐌀 (pupluna).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Populōnia f sg (genitive Populōniae); first declension

  1. A city in Etruria, near the modern city of Piombino
Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Derived terms

References

  • POPULO´NIUM”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • 2. Pŏpŭlōnĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • 2 Pŏpŭlōnĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette:1,202/1