Pompeii
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See also: Pompei
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Pompeiī, of Oscan origin, from Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 (pumpe, “five”) + the Latin name-forming suffix -eiī, a reference to its five districts.
Related to cinque, five, pimp (“five”), ponzu, punch (“beverage”), and sengi (“currency”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /pɒmˈpeɪ(i)/
- (US) IPA(key): /pɑːmˈpeɪ(i)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Pompeii
- A ruined Roman town in Italy, destroyed by Vesuvius (a volcano) in AD 79.
- A city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a historical city
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the commune in Campania
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Oscan [Term?], from Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 (pumpe, “five”) + -eius. A reference to the city's five districts, from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. See also the gens name Pompeius and quīnque, the native word for “five”.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pomˈpei̯.i̯iː/, [pɔmˈpɛi̯ːiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pomˈpe.ji/, [pomˈpɛːji]
Proper noun
[edit]Pompeiī m pl (genitive Pompeiōrum); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
plural | |
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nominative | Pompeiī |
genitive | Pompeiōrum |
dative | Pompeiīs |
accusative | Pompeiōs |
ablative | Pompeiīs |
vocative | Pompeiī |
locative | Pompeiīs |
Derived terms
[edit]- Pompeiānī m pl (“inhabitants of Pompeii”, noun)
- Pompeiānum n (“a villa of Cicero near Pompeii”, noun)
- Pompeiānus (“of, belonging to Pompeii”, adjective)
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Pompeiī m
References
[edit]- “Pompeii”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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