Herculaneum

English

Etymology

From Latin Herculaneum, named for the mythical figure Hercules.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhɜːkjuˈleɪni.əm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌhɜɹkjəˈleɪni.əm/

Proper noun

Herculaneum

1. (historical) A city in Italy which was entirely destroyed by the same eruption of Vesuvius that also turned Pompeii into a ruin

Translations

city in Italy

• Armenian: Հերկուլանում (Herkulanum)
• Catalan: Herculà m
• French: Herculanum (fr)
• German: Herculaneum
• Italian: Ercolano
• Latin: Herculāneum
• Russian: Геркула́нум (Gerkulánum)
• Spanish: Herculano

Latin

Alternative forms

• Herculanium

Etymology

Named for the mythical figure Hercules.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /her.kuˈlaː.ne.um/, [hɛrkʊˈɫ̪äːneʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /er.kuˈla.ne.um/, [erkuˈläːneum]

Proper noun

Herculāneum n sg (genitive Herculāneī); second declension

1. Herculaneum (former city in Campania)
2. Herculaneum (former city in Samnium)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Herculāneum
Genitive	Herculāneī
Dative	Herculāneō
Accusative	Herculāneum
Ablative	Herculāneō
Vocative	Herculāneum
Locative	Herculāneī

Derived terms

• Herculanensis
• Herculaneus

 

Descendants

• → English: Herculaneum
• → French: Herculanum
• → Italian: Ercolano
• → Spanish: Herculano

References

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