Apamea

English

Alternative forms

• Apameia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ăpămēa, from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æpəˈmiːə/
• Rhymes: -iːə

Proper noun

Apamea (uncountable)

1. (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

Derived terms

• Apamean

Related terms

• Apamene

Translations

name of several Hellenistic cities

• Armenian: Ապամեա (Apamea)
• French: Apamée (fr) f
• Greek: Απάμεια (Apámeia)

  Ancient: Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia)

• Latin: Ăpămēa

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.paˈmeː.a/, [äpäˈmeːä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.paˈme.a/, [äpäˈmɛːä]

Proper noun

Apamēa f sg (genitive Apamēae); first declension

1. Apamea (the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Apamēa
Genitive	Apamēae
Dative	Apamēae
Accusative	Apamēam
Ablative	Apamēā
Vocative	Apamēa
Locative	Apamēae

Derived terms

• Apamēensis
• Apamēnus
• Apamēus

References

• 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