carpasia
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See also: Carpasia
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alteration of Carpathia as a substantivisation of the feminine forms of Carpathius (“of Carpathos”) in elliptical use for nāvis Carpathia (“Carpathian ship”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /karˈpa.si.a/, [kärˈpäs̠iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /karˈpa.si.a/, [kärˈpäːs̬iä]
Noun[edit]
carpasia f (genitive carpasiae); first declension
- a kind of grand and spacious ship, typical of those from the island of Carpathos in the Aegaean Sea
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | carpasia | carpasiae |
Genitive | carpasiae | carpasiārum |
Dative | carpasiae | carpasiīs |
Accusative | carpasiam | carpasiās |
Ablative | carpasiā | carpasiīs |
Vocative | carpasia | carpasiae |
References[edit]
- carpasia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- carpasia navis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “268/1”