Leptis Magna
English
Etymology
From Latin Leptis Magna.
Proper noun
Leptis Magna
- (historical) A former city in Libya, one of the cities of Tripoli that did not survive to modern times.
Latin
Etymology
Calque of Ancient Greek Λέπτις μεγάλη (Léptis megálē), from either Punic 𐤋𐤐𐤒 (lpq) or Punic 𐤋𐤐𐤒𐤉 (lpqy), hypothesized to derive from Proto-Semitic [Term?] (“construction”); compare Arabic لفقة (“to invent, fabricate, or assemble”).
Proper noun
Leptis Magna f sg (genitive Leptis Magnae); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem) with a first-declension adjective, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Leptis Magna |
| genitive | Leptis Magnae |
| dative | Leptī Magnae |
| accusative | Leptem Magnam |
| ablative | Lepte Magnā |
| vocative | Leptis Magna |
| locative | Leptī Magnae Lepte Magnae |