setania

Latin

Alternative forms

• sētanium

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σητάνιον (sētánion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seːˈta.ni.a/, [s̠eːˈt̪äniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈta.ni.a/, [seˈt̪äːniä]

Noun

sētania f (genitive sētaniae); first declension

1. medlar (Mespilus germanica)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	sētania	sētaniae
genitive	sētaniae	sētaniārum
dative	sētaniae	sētaniīs
accusative	sētaniam	sētaniās
ablative	sētaniā	sētaniīs
vocative	sētania	sētaniae

Further reading

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