Cloacina

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cluācīna

Etymology

From cloāca (“sewer”) +‎ -īna.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /klo.aːˈkiː.na/, [kɫ̪oäːˈkiːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /klo.aˈt͡ʃi.na/, [kloäˈt͡ʃiːnä]

Proper noun

Cloācīna f sg (genitive Cloācīnae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) Cloacina (goddess of filth and purity)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cloācīna
genitive	Cloācīnae
dative	Cloācīnae
accusative	Cloācīnam
ablative	Cloācīnā
vocative	Cloācīna

References

• “Cloacina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cloacina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.