Apamea
EnglishEdit
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EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin Ăpămēa, from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).
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Proper nounEdit
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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TranslationsEdit
name of several Hellenistic cities
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Apamēa f sg (genitive Apamēae); first declension
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun, with locative.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Apamēa |
Genitive | Apamēae |
Dative | Apamēae |
Accusative | Apamēam |
Ablative | Apamēā |
Vocative | Apamēa |
Locative | Apamēae |
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ReferencesEdit
- 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