Apamea
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Ăpămēa, from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).
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Apamea (uncountable)
- (historical) The name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.paˈmeː.a/, [äpäˈmeːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.paˈme.a/, [äpäˈmɛːä]
Proper noun edit
Apamēa f sg (genitive Apamēae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Apamēa |
| Genitive | Apamēae |
| Dative | Apamēae |
| Accusative | Apamēam |
| Ablative | Apamēā |
| Vocative | Apamēa |
| Locative | Apamēae |
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References edit
- Apamea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Apamea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press