agea

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from Ancient Greek ἄγυια (águia, “street, highway”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈɡeː.a/, [äˈɡeːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈd͡ʒe.a/, [äˈd͡ʒɛːä]

Noun

agēa f (genitive agēae); first declension

1. (nautical) A gangway in a ship

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	agēa	agēae
genitive	agēae	agēārum
dative	agēae	agēīs
accusative	agēam	agēās
ablative	agēā	agēīs
vocative	agēa	agēae

References

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