Rhea Silvia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Rea Silvia (spelling variant)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.a ˈsil.u̯i.a/, [ˈreä ˈs̠ɪɫ̪u̯iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.a ˈsil.vi.a/, [ˈrɛːä ˈsilviä]

Proper noun

Rhea Silvia f sg (genitive Rheae Silviae); first declension

1. (Roman mythology) daughter of Numitor, Vestal, raped by Mars, bore Romulus and Remus

Declension

First-declension noun with a first-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Rhea Silvia
Genitive	Rheae Silviae
Dative	Rheae Silviae
Accusative	Rheam Silviam
Ablative	Rheā Silviā
Vocative	Rhea Silvia

References

• Silvia Rhea Silvia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Silvia Rhea Silvia in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “Silvia Rhea Silvia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press