Melaeneae

Latin

Alternative forms

• Melaenae

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελαινεαί (Melaineaí).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈlae̯.ne.ae̯/, [mɛˈɫ̪äe̯neäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈle.ne.e/, [meˈlɛːneː]

Proper noun

Melaeneae f pl (genitive Melaeneārum); first declension

1. A town of Arcadia situated on the road from Heraea to Megalopolis

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Melaeneae
Genitive	Melaeneārum
Dative	Melaeneīs
Accusative	Melaeneās
Ablative	Melaeneīs
Vocative	Melaeneae
Locative	Melaeneīs

References

• “Melaeneae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly