Idumaea

English

Alternative forms

• Idumea

Proper noun

Idumaea

1. (historical) A region south of Judea inhabited by the Edomites during the Hellenistic period and Roman occupation.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰδουμαία (Idoumaía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i.duːˈmae̯.a/, [ɪd̪uːˈmäe̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.duˈme.a/, [id̪uˈmɛːä]

Proper noun

Idūmaea f sg (genitive Idūmaeae); first declension

1. (geography) Idumaea

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Idūmaea
Genitive	Idūmaeae
Dative	Idūmaeae
Accusative	Idūmaeam
Ablative	Idūmaeā
Vocative	Idūmaea

Related terms

• Idūmaeus

References

• “Idumaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Idumaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Idumaea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly