Cumae

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cūmae.

Proper noun

Cumae

1. An Ancient Greek, and then Roman, settlement near Naples famed for its sibyl.

Translations

Ancient city

• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Κύμη f (Kúmē), Κύμαι f (Kúmai), Κύμα (Kúma)

• Italian: Cuma (it) f
• Latin: Cūmae f
• Russian: Ку́мы f pl (Kúmy)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κύμη (Kúmē, “Cumae”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.mae̯/, [ˈkuːmäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.me/, [ˈkuːme]

Proper noun

Cūmae f pl (genitive Cūmārum); first declension

1. Cumae
2. vocative of Cūmae

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Cūmae
genitive	Cūmārum
dative	Cūmīs
accusative	Cūmās
ablative	Cūmīs
vocative	Cūmae
locative	Cūmīs

See also

• Avernus
• Sibylla

References

• “Cumae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cumae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Cumae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Cumae”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• “Cumae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly