carpasia
See also: Carpasia
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Alteration of Carpathia as a substantivisation of the feminine forms of Carpathius (“of Carpathos”) in elliptical use for nāvis Carpathia (“Carpathian ship”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /karˈpa.si.a/, [kärˈpäs̠iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /karˈpa.si.a/, [kärˈpäːs̬iä]
Noun
[edit]carpasia f (genitive carpasiae); first declension
- a kind of grand and spacious ship, typical of those from the island of Carpathos in the Aegaean Sea
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | carpasia | carpasiae |
| genitive | carpasiae | carpasiārum |
| dative | carpasiae | carpasiīs |
| accusative | carpasiam | carpasiās |
| ablative | carpasiā | carpasiīs |
| vocative | carpasia | carpasiae |
References
[edit]- "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”