Idumaea
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Proper noun edit
Idumaea
- (historical) An ancient region in the south of Judea in modern Israel and the West Bank, inhabited by the Edomites during the Hellenistic period and Roman occupation.
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Translations edit
region south of Judea inhabited by the Edomites
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Latin edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰδουμαία (Idoumaía).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /i.duːˈmae̯.a/, [ɪd̪uːˈmäe̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.duˈme.a/, [id̪uˈmɛːä]
Proper noun edit
Idūmaea f sg (genitive Idūmaeae); first declension
- (historical) Idumaea (An ancient region in the south of Judea in modern Israel and the West Bank, inhabited by the Edomites during the Hellenistic period and Roman occupation)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Idūmaea |
Genitive | Idūmaeae |
Dative | Idūmaeae |
Accusative | Idūmaeam |
Ablative | Idūmaeā |
Vocative | Idūmaea |
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References edit
- “Idumaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Idumaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Idumaea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly