Limnaea

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λιμναία (Limnaía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /limˈnae̯.a/, [lʲɪmˈnäe̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /limˈne.a/, [limˈnɛːä]

Proper noun

Limnaea f sg (genitive Limnaeae); first declension

1. A town in Acarnania, situated at the corner of the gulf of Ambracia
2. a town of Thessaly

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Limnaea
Genitive	Limnaeae
Dative	Limnaeae
Accusative	Limnaeam
Ablative	Limnaeā
Vocative	Limnaea
Locative	Limnaeae

References

• “Limnaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Limnaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Limnaea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly