Phoenissa
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φοίνῑσσᾰ (Phoínīssă).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʰoe̯ˈniːs.sa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [feˈnis.sa]
Proper noun
Phoenīssa f sg (genitive Phoenīssae); first declension
- Phoenicia (an ancient region in coastal Western Asia, in modern Syria and Lebanon)
- a Phoenician or Carthaginian woman
- synonym of Dido
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Phoenīssa |
| genitive | Phoenīssae |
| dative | Phoenīssae |
| accusative | Phoenīssam |
| ablative | Phoenīssā |
| vocative | Phoenīssa |
| locative | Phoenīssae |
Derived terms
- phoenīssus (back-formed masculine)
References
- “Phoenissus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Phoenice1”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press - Phoenissa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.