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Cumae
Cumae
English
Proper noun
Cumae
- An Ancient Greek, and then Roman, settlement near Naples famed for its sibyl.
Translations
Ancient city
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κύμη (Kúmē, “Cumae”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkuː.maj/
Proper noun
Cūmae f pl (genitive Cūmārum, locative Cūmīs); first declension
- Cumae
- vocative of Cūmae
Inflection
First declension, with locative.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
nominative | Cūmae |
genitive | Cūmārum |
dative | Cūmīs |
accusative | Cūmās |
ablative | Cūmīs |
vocative | Cūmae |
locative | Cūmīs |
See also
References
- Cumae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Cumae”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.