Apamea

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ăpămēa, from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æpəˈmiːə/
  • Rhymes: -iːə

Proper noun

Apamea (uncountable)

  1. (historical) The name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Apamēa f sg (genitive Apamēae); first declension

  1. Apamea (the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Apamēa
genitive Apamēae
dative Apamēae
accusative Apamēam
ablative Apamēā
vocative Apamēa
locative Apamēae

Derived terms

References

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