paeninsula
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See also: pæninsula
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Etymology[edit]
Coined by Livy (59 BCE – 17 CE): paene (“nearly”, “almost”) + īnsula (“island”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /paiˈniːn.su.la/
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Audio (Classical) (file) - (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pɛːˈniːn.su.la/
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Noun[edit]
paenīnsula f (genitive paenīnsulae); first declension
- peninsula
- Italia et Graecia sunt paeninsulae.
- Italy and Greece are peninsulas.
- Italia et Graecia sunt paeninsulae.
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | paenīnsula | paenīnsulae |
| genitive | paenīnsulae | paenīnsulārum |
| dative | paenīnsulae | paenīnsulīs |
| accusative | paenīnsulam | paenīnsulās |
| ablative | paenīnsulā | paenīnsulīs |
| vocative | paenīnsula | paenīnsulae |
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References[edit]
- paeninsula in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- paeninsula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- paeninsula in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a peninsula projects into the sea: paeninsula in mare excurrit, procurrit
- a peninsula projects into the sea: paeninsula in mare excurrit, procurrit
- ^ Famous Firsts in the Ancient Greek and Roman World by David Matz (2000; McFarland; ISBN 0786405996, 9780786405992), page 121
Livy was the first Roman author to combine the words paene (almost) and insula (island) into one: paeninsula. He used the word in the course of his description of the location of New Carthage, on the Spanish coast (26.42).
