Spina

See also: Appendix:Variations of "spina"

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈspiː.na/, [ˈs̠piːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈspi.na/, [ˈspiːnä]

Proper noun

Spīna f sg (genitive Spīnae); first declension

1. A city in Cisalpine Gaul situated near the southernmost mouth of the Padus

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Spīna
genitive	Spīnae
dative	Spīnae
accusative	Spīnam
ablative	Spīnā
vocative	Spīna
locative	Spīnae

Related terms

• Spīneticus

References

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