Clepsina

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /klepˈsi.na/, [klepˈsiːnä]

Proper noun

Clepsīna m sg (genitive Clepsīnae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Clepsīna
genitive	Clepsīnae
dative	Clepsīnae
accusative	Clepsīnam
ablative	Clepsīnā
vocative	Clepsīna

References

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