Morbovia
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A facetious formation: morbus (“disease”, “sickness”, “malady”) + -ōvia.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /morˈboː.u̯i.a/, [mɔrˈboːu̯iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /morˈbo.vi.a/, [morˈbɔːviä]
Proper noun
[edit]Morbōvia f sg (genitive Morbōviae); first declension
- (vulgar, in execrations) the land of disease, sickdom
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Suetonius to this entry?)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- Morbōviam abeō (colloquial)
References
[edit]- “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)