Clepsina

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

(Classical) IPA(key): /klepˈsiː.na/, [kɫ̪ɛpˈs̠iːnä]

Proper noun[edit]

Clepsīna m sg (genitive Clepsīnae); first declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Lucius Genucius Clepsina, a Roman consul

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Clepsīna
Genitive Clepsīnae
Dative Clepsīnae
Accusative Clepsīnam
Ablative Clepsīnā
Vocative Clepsīna

References[edit]

  • “Clepsina”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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