Morbovia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Morbōnia

Etymology

A facetious formation: morbus (“disease”, “sickness”, “malady”) +‎ -ōvia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /morˈboː.u̯i.a/, [mɔrˈboːu̯iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /morˈbo.vi.a/, [morˈbɔːviä]

Proper noun

Morbōvia f sg (genitive Morbōviae); first declension

1. (vulgar, in execrations) the land of disease, sickdom

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Suetonius to this entry?)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Morbōvia
Genitive	Morbōviae
Dative	Morbōviae
Accusative	Morbōviam
Ablative	Morbōviā
Vocative	Morbōvia
Locative	Morbōviae

Derived terms

• Morbōviam abeō (colloquial)

References

• “Morbōvĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Morbovia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Morbouia” on page 1,133/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)