Pompeii
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See also: Pompei
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin Pompeii, from Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 (pumpe, “five”), a reference to its five districts. Doublet of five, cinque, punch, and pimp.
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Proper noun[edit]
Pompeii
- A ruined Roman town in Italy, destroyed by Vesuvius (a volcano) in AD 79.
- A city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.
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Translations[edit]
a historical city
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the commune in Campania
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Oscan [Term?], from Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 (pumpe, “five”) + -eius. A reference to the city's five districts, from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. See also the gens name Pompeius and quīnque, the native word for “five”.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pomˈpei̯.i̯iː/, [pɔmˈpɛi̯ːiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pomˈpe.ji/, [pomˈpɛːji]
Proper noun[edit]
Pompeiī m pl (genitive Pompeiōrum); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Pompeiī |
Genitive | Pompeiōrum |
Dative | Pompeiīs |
Accusative | Pompeiōs |
Ablative | Pompeiīs |
Vocative | Pompeiī |
Locative | Pompeiīs |
Derived terms[edit]
- Pompeiānī m pl (“inhabitants of Pompeii”, noun)
- Pompeiānum n (“a villa of Cicero near Pompeii”, noun)
- Pompeiānus (“of, belonging to Pompeii”, adjective)
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See also[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Pompeiī m
References[edit]
- “Pompeii”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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