Heraea
English
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Proper noun
[edit]Heraea
- Heraea (a city in Arcadia, Greece)
- The Heraean Games
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡραία (Hēraía).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /heːˈrae̯.a/, [heːˈräe̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈre.a/, [eˈrɛːä]
Proper noun
[edit]Hēraea f sg (genitive Hēraeae); first declension
- A city of Arcadia situated on the river Alpheus near the borders with Elis
- Hybla Heraea, one of the ancient city of Sicily, named after the goddess Hybla; probably located in the vicinity of today's Ragusa.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Hēraea |
| genitive | Hēraeae |
| dative | Hēraeae |
| accusative | Hēraeam |
| ablative | Hēraeā |
| vocative | Hēraea |
| locative | Hēraeae |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Heraea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Heraea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Heraea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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- en:Cities in Greece
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- la:Cities
- la:Greece