Aetna

From the Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Etna.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtnə/

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• Homophones: Etna, etna

Aetna

1. (Greek mythology and Roman mythology) A nymph in Sicily who, according to legend, gave her name to the volcanic Mount Etna.
2. (historical) An ancient city in Sicily, in modern Italy, situated at the foot of Mount Etna, on its southern declivity.
3. A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:
   1. A hamlet in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
   2. An unincorporated community in Craighead County, Arkansas.
   3. An unincorporated community in Sharp County, Arkansas.
   4. A township in Logan County, Illinois.
   5. A neighbourhood of Gary, Lake County, Indiana.
   6. An unincorporated community and township in Barber County, Kansas.
   7. A township in Mecosta County, Michigan.
   8. A township in Missaukee County, Michigan.
   9. An unincorporated community in Lincoln Township, Newaygo County, Michigan.
   10. A township in Pipestone County, Minnesota, named after Aetna Johnson.
   11. An unincorporated community in Hickman County, Tennessee.
   12. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Tennessee.

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From Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Cognate with aestus (“hot”), aestās (“summer”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈae̯t.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛt̪.na]

Aetna f sg (genitive Aetnae); first declension

1. Mount Etna (the celebrated volcano of Sicily in modern Italy, in the interior of which, according to fable, was the forge of Vulcan, where the cyclops forged thunderbolts for Jupiter, and under which the latter buried the monster Typhon)
2. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Aetna (nymph in Sicily)
3. Aetna (an ancient city in Sicily, in modern Italy, situated at the foot of Mount Etna)

   Synonym: Inēssa

First-declension noun, singular only.

• “Aetna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ætna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 83/1.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Aetna”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
• Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.

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• Aetna (nymph) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la