Salapia

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps a combination of the same root as sāl (“salt”) and Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /saˈla.pi.a/, [s̠äˈɫ̪äpiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /saˈla.pi.a/, [säˈläːpiä]

Proper noun

Salapia f sg (genitive Salapiae); first declension

1. a city of Apulia separated from the coast of Adriatic by a saltwater lake, now Salpi

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Salapia
genitive	Salapiae
dative	Salapiae
accusative	Salapiam
ablative	Salapiā
vocative	Salapia
locative	Salapiae

Derived terms

• Salapīnus
• Salapitānī

References

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