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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rhea Silvia f sg (genitive Rheae Silviae); first declension
- (Roman mythology) daughter of Numitor, Vestal, raped by Mars, bore Romulus and Remus
Declension
First-declension noun with a first-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Silvia Rhea Silvia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Silvia Rhea Silvia in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
- “Silvia Rhea Silvia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press