Mevania

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Etruscan šŒŒšŒ„šŒššŒ€šŒšŒ€ (mefana, an Etruscan noble family name) +ā€Ž -ia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mēvānia f sg (genitive Mēvāniae); first declension

  1. a city in Umbria, the modern Bevagna

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Mēvānia
genitive Mēvāniae
dative Mēvāniae
accusative Mēvāniam
ablative Mēvāniā
vocative Mēvānia
locative Mēvāniae

Derived terms

  • Mēvānās
  • Mēvānātēs
  • Mēvāniēnsis
  • Mēvāniōnēnsis

References

  • ā€œMevaniaā€, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Mevania in Gaffiot, FĆ©lix (1934) Dictionnaire illustrĆ© latin-franƧais, Hachette.