Emmaus

From Latin Emmaus, from Koine Greek Ἐμμαοῦς (Emmaoûs), typically derived from Hebrew חמת (ḥammat, “hot spring”).

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈmeɪ.əs/

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Emmaus

1. A town mentioned in the Gospel of Luke in the New Testament, where Jesus is said to have appeared, after his death and resurrection, before two disciples. Various locations have been suggested.
2. (historical) A former city in the West Bank, Palestine.
3. A borough of Pennsylvania.

• (former Palestinian city): Imwas, Nicopolis, Emmaus Nicopolis

• summae, ammuse

Borrowed from Koine Greek Ἐμμαοῦς (Emmaoûs), typically derived from Hebrew חמת (ḥammat, “hot spring”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɛm.ma.uːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛm.ma.us]

Emmaūs n sg or f sg (genitive Emmaūs or Emmaūntis or Emmaūntos); indeclinable, variously declined, third declension

1. Emmaus

Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun or third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), with locative, singular only.

• English: Emmaus

• Emmaus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Emmaus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly