Velitrae
Latin
editEtymology
editUncertain; has been explained as Etruscan, from the same stem as Latin Volsiniī and Volscī. Reflected as Ancient Greek Οὐέλιτραι (Ouélitrai).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈu̯e.li.trae̯/, [ˈu̯ɛlʲɪt̪räe̯] or IPA(key): /u̯eˈlit.rae̯/, [u̯ɛˈlʲɪt̪räe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈve.li.tre/, [ˈvɛːlit̪re] or IPA(key): /veˈlit.re/, [veˈlit̪re]
- Note: the second syllable scans as heavy in the only two occurrences in hexameter poetry by Silius Italicus.[1] However, the Ancient Greek and the modern form of the name suggest the vowel was actually short. The heavy scansion may result from the freedom to syllabify intervocalic [tr] as [t.r] in poetry, or perhaps poetic lengthening of the vowel.
Proper noun
editVelī̆trae f pl (genitive Velī̆trārum); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Velī̆trae |
Genitive | Velī̆trārum |
Dative | Velī̆trīs |
Accusative | Velī̆trās |
Ablative | Velī̆trīs |
Vocative | Velī̆trae |
Locative | Velī̆trīs |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
editFurther reading
edit- “Velitrae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Velitrae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Velitrae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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