Pompeii
See also: Pompei
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Pompeii.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Pompeii
Derived terms
Translations
a historical city
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Latin
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Karl_Briullov%2C_The_Last_Day_of_Pompeii_%281827%E2%80%931833%29.jpg/220px-Karl_Briullov%2C_The_Last_Day_of_Pompeii_%281827%E2%80%931833%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Hackert%2C_Blick_auf_die_Ruinen_von_Pompeji%2C_1799.jpg/220px-Hackert%2C_Blick_auf_die_Ruinen_von_Pompeji%2C_1799.jpg)
Etymology
From Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 (pumpe, “five”), a reference to its five districts, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. See also gens name Pompēius.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pomˈpei̯.i̯iː/, [pɔmˈpɛi̯ːiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pomˈpe.ji/, [pomˈpɛːji]
Proper noun
Pompeiī m pl (genitive Pompeiōrum); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Pompeiī |
Genitive | Pompeiōrum |
Dative | Pompeiīs |
Accusative | Pompeiōs |
Ablative | Pompeiīs |
Vocative | Pompeiī |
Locative | Pompeiīs |
Derived terms
- Pompeiānī m pl (“inhabitants of Pompeii”, noun)
- Pompeiānum n (“a villa of Cicero near Pompeii”, noun)
- Pompeiānus (“of, belonging to Pompeii”, adjective)
Related terms
See also
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) Pompeiī m
References
- “Pompeii”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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