Gerasena

English

Etymology

From the Latin (Regiō or Terra) Gerasēna (“Gerasene [Region or Land]”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɛɹəˈsiːnə/

Proper noun

Gerasena

1. (history) The country of the Gerasenes.
   • 1828, Johann Jahn, translated by Calvin Ellis Stowe, History of the Hebrew Commonwealth, chapter xi, § 106, page 325:

     Alexander Janneus, having now subdued his enemies, was attacked by a quartan fever occasioned by excessive drinking, and of this disease he died, three years after, while engaged in the siege of Ragaba in Gerasena.

Translations

country of the Gerasenes

Anagrams

• sangaree

Latin

Pronunciation

• Gerasēna: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡe.raˈseː.na/, [ɡɛräˈs̠eːnä]
• Gerasēna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.raˈse.na/, [d͡ʒeräˈs̬ɛːnä]
• Gerasēnā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡe.raˈseː.naː/, [ɡɛräˈs̠eːnäː]
• Gerasēnā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.raˈse.na/, [d͡ʒeräˈs̬ɛːnä]

Adjective

Gerasēna

1. inflection of Gerasēnus:
   1. nominative/vocative singular feminine
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural neuter

Adjective

Gerasēnā

1. ablative singular feminine of Gerasēnus