Herculaneum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Herculaneum, named for the mythical figure Hercules.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Herculaneum
- (historical) A city in Italy which was entirely destroyed by the same eruption of Vesuvius that also turned Pompeii into a ruin
Translations[edit]
city in Italy
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named for the mythical figure Hercules.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /her.kuˈlaː.ne.um/, [hɛrkʊˈɫ̪äːneʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /er.kuˈla.ne.um/, [erkuˈläːneum]
Proper noun[edit]
Herculāneum n sg (genitive Herculāneī); second declension
- Herculaneum (former city in Campania)
- Herculaneum (former city in Samnium)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Herculāneum |
Genitive | Herculāneī |
Dative | Herculāneō |
Accusative | Herculāneum |
Ablative | Herculāneō |
Vocative | Herculāneum |
Locative | Herculāneī |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: Herculaneum
- → French: Herculanum
- → Italian: Ercolano
- → Spanish: Herculano
References[edit]
- “Herculaneum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Herculaneum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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