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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
- an epithet of Juno
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
Etymology 2
From Etruscan 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌍𐌀 (pupluna).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Populōnia f sg (genitive Populōniae); first declension
- 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”