Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λοπαδοῦσσα (Lopadoûssa).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Lopadūsa f sg (genitive Lopadūsae); first declension

  1. Lampedusa (the largest island of the Pelagie Islands, owned by Italy and located between Malta and Tunisia)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

Declension edit

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lopadūsa
Genitive Lopadūsae
Dative Lopadūsae
Accusative Lopadūsam
Ablative Lopadūsā
Vocative Lopadūsa
Locative Lopadūsae

References edit

  • Lopadusa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lŏpădūsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 921/2.

Further reading edit