Mantinea
English
Proper noun
Mantinea
- Alternative spelling of Mantineia.
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαντίνεια (Mantíneia).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [man.tɪˈneː.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [man̪.t̪iˈnɛː.a]
Proper noun
Mantinēa f sg (genitive Mantinēae); first declension
- A city of Arcadia, famous for the victory of Epaminondas over the Spartans
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Mantinēa |
| genitive | Mantinēae |
| dative | Mantinēae |
| accusative | Mantinēam |
| ablative | Mantinēā |
| vocative | Mantinēa |
| locative | Mantinēae |
Related terms
- Mantinēnsis
References
- “Mantinea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Mantinea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Mantineia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly