Puteoli

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Puteolus (singular, uncommon)[1]

Etymology

From puteus (“well”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Puteolī m pl (genitive Puteolōrum); second declension

  1. a coastal city in Campania, founded as a port for Cumae, now Pozzuoli

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

plural
nominative Puteolī
genitive Puteolōrum
dative Puteolīs
accusative Puteolōs
ablative Puteolīs
vocative Puteolī
locative Puteolīs

Derived terms

  • Puteolānus

Descendants

  • Italian: Pozzuoli
    • → Sicilian: Puzzuoli
  • Neapolitan: Pezzulo, Pezzule

References

  • Puteoli in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Puteoli”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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