Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥούσπινα (Rhoúspina), Ῥουσπῖνον (Rhouspînon), from Punic *𐤓𐤀𐤔𐤐𐤍(𐤕) (*rʾšpn(t)).

Proper noun edit

Ruspina f sg (genitive Ruspinae); first declension

  1. Monastir (A town in the province of Africa, present Tunisia)

Declension edit

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Ruspina
Genitive Ruspinae
Dative Ruspinae
Accusative Ruspinam
Ablative Ruspinā
Vocative Ruspina
Locative Ruspinae

References edit

  • Ruspina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Lipiński, Edward (2004) Itineraria Phoenicia (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 127), Leuven: Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, pages 12–13
  • Ruspinum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  •   Ruspina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia