Idumaea

English

Alternative forms

• Idumea

Proper noun

Idumaea

2. (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.

Related terms

• Edom
• Edomite
• Edomitish
• Edomitic

Translations

region south of Judea inhabited by the Edomites

• Finnish: Idumea
• French: Idumée (fr) f
• German: Idumäa n
• Greek: Ιδουμαία f (Idoumaía)

  Ancient: Ἰδουμαία f (Idoumaía)

• Irish: an Iodúimé f
• Latin: Idūmaea f
• Marathi: इदुमेआ (idumeā)
• Polish: Idumea f
• Spanish: Idumea f

See also

• Esau

Latin

Alternative forms

• Idūmēa

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰδουμαία (Idoumaía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i.duːˈmae̯.a/, [ɪd̪uːˈmäe̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.duˈme.a/, [id̪uˈmɛːä]

Proper noun

Idūmaea f sg (genitive Idūmaeae); first declension

1. (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

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Idūmaea
Genitive	Idūmaeae
Dative	Idūmaeae
Accusative	Idūmaeam
Ablative	Idūmaeā
Vocative	Idūmaea

Related terms

• Idūmaeus

References

• “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