Cumae

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cūmae.

Proper noun

Cumae

An Ancient Greek, and then Roman, settlement near Naples famed for its sibyl.

Translations

Ancient city

Greek:
Ancient Greek: Κύμη f (Kúmē), Κύμαι f (Kúmai), Κύμα (Kúma)
Italian: Cuma (it) f
Latin: Cūmae f
Russian: Ку́мы f pl (Kúmy)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κύμη (Kúmē, “Cumae”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.mae̯/, [ˈkuːmäe̯]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.me/, [ˈkuːme]

Proper noun

Cūmae f pl (genitive Cūmārum); first declension

Cumae
vocative of Cūmae

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Cūmae
Genitive	Cūmārum
Dative	Cūmīs
Accusative	Cūmās
Ablative	Cūmīs
Vocative	Cūmae
Locative	Cūmīs

See also

References

“Cumae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Cumae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

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