Phoenissa

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φοίνῑσσᾰ (Phoínīssă).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Phoenīssa f sg (genitive Phoenīssae); first declension

  1. Phoenicia (an ancient region in coastal Western Asia, in modern Syria and Lebanon)
  2. a Phoenician or Carthaginian woman
    1. 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