Casmenae

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κασμέναι (Kasménai).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.me.nae̯/, [ˈkäs̠mɛnäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.me.ne/, [ˈkäzmene]

Proper noun

Casmenae f pl (genitive Casmenārum); first declension

1. A colony of Sicily, founded by Syracusans in 644 BC, located on the Hyblaean Mountains, near modern Buscemi

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Casmenae
Genitive	Casmenārum
Dative	Casmenīs
Accusative	Casmenās
Ablative	Casmenīs
Vocative	Casmenae
Locative	Casmenīs

Descendants

• Italian: Casmene
• English: Casmenae
• Sicilian: Càsmini, Casmeni

References

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