Genava
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Celtic name, from Proto-Celtic *genwā (“(river) bend”) (Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu), similar to Genabum, Genua, etc.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡe.na.u̯a/, [ˈɡɛnäu̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.na.va/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːnävä]
- Note: the length of the vowel is not attested in poetry, but it would have been short based on etymology and alternative forms.
Proper noun[edit]
Genava f sg (genitive Genavae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Genava |
Genitive | Genavae |
Dative | Genavae |
Accusative | Genavam |
Ablative | Genavā |
Vocative | Genava |
Locative | Genavae |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Genava”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Genava in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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