Signia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Old Latin *Sicania (“land of the Sicani”), from Sicani, a tribe described by Pliny as living in Latium (likely before their move to Sicily). Both names could be doublets of signum (“signal, mark”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsiɡ.ni.a/, [ˈs̠ɪŋniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsiɲ.ɲi.a/, [ˈsiɲːiä]
Proper noun edit
Signia f sg (genitive Signiae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Signia |
Genitive | Signiae |
Dative | Signiae |
Accusative | Signiam |
Ablative | Signiā |
Vocative | Signia |
Locative | Signiae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Signia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Signia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Signia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 493