Potidaea

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποτίδαια (Potídaia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /po.tiˈdae̯.a/, [pɔt̪ɪˈd̪äe̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.tiˈde.a/, [pot̪iˈd̪ɛːä]

Proper noun

Potidaea f sg (genitive Potidaeae); first declension

1. An ancient city of Macedonia, situated in the narrowest point of the peninsula of Pallene

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Potidaea
Genitive	Potidaeae
Dative	Potidaeae
Accusative	Potidaeam
Ablative	Potidaeā
Vocative	Potidaea
Locative	Potidaeae

References

• “Potidaea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Potidaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.