Rhea Silvia

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Rea Silvia (spelling variant)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rhea Silvia f sg (genitive Rheae Silviae); first declension

  1. (Roman mythology) daughter of Numitor, Vestal, raped by Mars, bore Romulus and Remus

Declension

First-declension noun with a first-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Rhea Silvia
genitive Rheae Silviae
dative Rheae Silviae
accusative Rheam Silviam
ablative Rheā Silviā
vocative Rhea Silvia

References

  • Silvia Rhea Silvia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Silvia Rhea Silvia in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • Silvia Rhea Silvia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press