Mantinea

English

Proper noun

Mantinea

1. Alternative spelling of Mantineia

Anagrams

• Annamite

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mantineia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαντίνεια (Mantíneia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /man.tiˈneː.a/, [män̪t̪ɪˈneːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /man.tiˈne.a/, [män̪t̪iˈnɛːä]

Proper noun

Mantinēa f sg (genitive Mantinēae); first declension

1. A city of Arcadia, famous for the victory of Epaminondas over the Spartans

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mantinēa
genitive	Mantinēae
dative	Mantinēae
accusative	Mantinēam
ablative	Mantinēā
vocative	Mantinēa
locative	Mantinēae

Related terms

• Mantinēnsis

References

• “Mantinea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mantinea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Mantineia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly