carpasia

See also: Carpasia

Latin

Etymology

Alteration of Carpathia as a substantivisation of the feminine forms of Carpathius (“of Carpathos”) in elliptical use for nāvis Carpathia (“Carpathian ship”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /karˈpa.si.a/, [kärˈpäs̠iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /karˈpa.si.a/, [kärˈpäːs̬iä]

Noun

carpasia f (genitive carpasiae); first declension

1. a kind of grand and spacious ship, typical of those from the island of Carpathos in the Aegaean Sea

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	carpasia	carpasiae
Genitive	carpasiae	carpasiārum
Dative	carpasiae	carpasiīs
Accusative	carpasiam	carpasiās
Ablative	carpasiā	carpasiīs
Vocative	carpasia	carpasiae

References

• carpasia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• carpasia navis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “268/1”