Populonia

Latin

Etymology 1

populor (“I lay waste”, “I ravage”, “I devastate”) +‎ -ōnia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /po.puˈloː.ni.a/, [pɔpʊˈɫ̪oːniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.puˈlo.ni.a/, [popuˈlɔːniä]

Proper noun

Populōnia f sg (genitive Populōniae); first declension

1. an epithet of Juno

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Populōnia
Genitive	Populōniae
Dative	Populōniae
Accusative	Populōniam
Ablative	Populōniā
Vocative	Populōnia

References

• “1. Pŏpŭlōnĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1 Pŏpŭlōnĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,202/1”

Etymology 2

From Etruscan 𐌐𐌖𐌐𐌋𐌖𐌍𐌀 (pupluna).

Alternative forms

• Populōniī, Populōnium

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /po.puˈloː.ni.a/, [pɔpʊˈɫ̪oːniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.puˈlo.ni.a/, [popuˈlɔːniä]

Proper noun

Populōnia f sg (genitive Populōniae); first declension

1. A city in Etruria, near the modern city of Piombino

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Populōnia
Genitive	Populōniae
Dative	Populōniae
Accusative	Populōniam
Ablative	Populōniā
Vocative	Populōnia
Locative	Populōniae

Derived terms

• Populōniēnsēs

References

• “POPULO´NIUM”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “2. Pŏpŭlōnĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 2 Pŏpŭlōnĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,202/1”