Genava

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Celtic name, from Proto-Celtic *genwā (“(river) bend”) (Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu), similar to Genabum, Genua, etc.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɛ.na.wa]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.na.va]
  • Note: the length of the vowel is not attested in poetry, but it would have been short based on etymology and alternative forms.

Proper noun

Genava f sg (genitive Genavae); first declension

  1. Geneva

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Genava
genitive Genavae
dative Genavae
accusative Genavam
ablative Genavā
vocative Genava
locative Genavae

Derived terms

  • Genavēnsis

Further reading

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