Morbovia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
A facetious formation: morbus (“disease”, “sickness”, “malady”) + -ōvia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /morˈboː.u̯i.a/, [mɔrˈboːu̯iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /morˈbo.vi.a/, [morˈbɔːviä]
Proper noun
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
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
- Morbōviam abeō (colloquial)
References
- “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)