Cluana

Latin

Etymology

The name is of uncertain origin:

• Related to the city Cluviae in Carricini, which could be from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook”) or related to Clusium
• From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”), cognate with clueo (“I am called”)
• From cluo (“I cleanse”); if so, related to the river Cluentus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kluˈaː.na/, [kɫ̪uˈäːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kluˈa.na/, [kluˈäːnä]

Proper noun

Cluāna f sg (genitive Cluānae); first declension

1. A town in Picenum situated between Cupra and Potentia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cluāna
Genitive	Cluānae
Dative	Cluānae
Accusative	Cluānam
Ablative	Cluānā
Vocative	Cluāna
Locative	Cluānae

References

• Cluana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Cluana”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Delle antichità picene dell'abate Giuseppe Colucci patrizio camerinese. Tomo 1. (-31.) .., Volume 8, p. 78
• Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992