Numantia

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Celtiberian.

Proper noun

Numantia f sg (genitive Numantiae); first declension

  1. Numantia (an ancient city, and now an archaeological site, in the municipality of Garray in modern Spain)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Numantia
genitive Numantiae
dative Numantiae
accusative Numantiam
ablative Numantiā
vocative Numantia
locative Numantiae

Descendants

  • French: Numance (learned)
  • Spanish: Numancia

References

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