Therapnae

Latin

Alternative forms

• Theramnae
• Therapnē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεράπναι (Therápnai).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈrap.nae̯/, [t̪ʰɛˈräpnäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈrap.ne/, [t̪eˈräpne]

Proper noun

Therapnae f pl (genitive Therapnārum); first declension

1. a small town of Laconia and birthplace of Helen

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Therapnae
genitive	Therapnārum
dative	Therapnīs
accusative	Therapnās
ablative	Therapnīs
vocative	Therapnae
locative	Therapnīs

Related terms

• Therapneus, Theramneus

References

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