Herculaneum

English

Etymology

From Latin Herculaneum, named for the mythical figure Hercules.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhɜːkjuˈleɪni.əm/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌhɜɹkjəˈleɪni.əm/

Proper noun

Herculaneum

(historical) A city in Italy which was entirely destroyed by the same eruption of Vesuvius that also turned Pompeii into a ruin

Translations

city in Italy

Armenian: Հերկուլանում (Herkulanum)
Catalan: Herculà m
French: Herculanum (fr)
German: Herculaneum
Italian: Ercolano
Latin: Herculāneum
Russian: Геркула́нум (Gerkulánum)
Spanish: Herculano

Latin

Alternative forms

Herculanium

Etymology

Named for the mythical figure Hercules.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /her.kuˈlaː.ne.um/, [hɛrkʊˈɫ̪äːneʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /er.kuˈla.ne.um/, [erkuˈläːneum]

Proper noun

Herculāneum n sg (genitive Herculāneī); second declension

Herculaneum (former city in Campania)
Herculaneum (former city in Samnium)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Herculāneum
Genitive	Herculāneī
Dative	Herculāneō
Accusative	Herculāneum
Ablative	Herculāneō
Vocative	Herculāneum
Locative	Herculāneī

Derived terms

Herculanensis
Herculaneus

Descendants

→ English: Herculaneum
→ French: Herculanum
→ Italian: Ercolano
→ Spanish: Herculano

References

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

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