Phoenissa

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φοίνῑσσᾰ (Phoínīssa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰoe̯ˈniːs.sa/, [pʰoe̯ˈniːs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /feˈnis.sa/, [feˈnisːä]

Proper noun

Phoenīssa f sg (genitive Phoenīssae); first declension

1. Phoenicia (an ancient region in coastal Western Asia, in modern Syria and Lebanon)
2. a Phoenician or Carthaginian woman
   1. synonym of Dido

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Phoenīssa
genitive	Phoenīssae
dative	Phoenīssae
accusative	Phoenīssam
ablative	Phoenīssā
vocative	Phoenīssa
locative	Phoenīssae

Derived terms

• phoenīssus (back-formed masculine)

References

• “Phoenissus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  “Phoenice1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Phoenissa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.