Aetna
See also: Ætna
English
Etymology
From the Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Etna.
Proper noun
Aetna
Translations
Sicilian nymph
Further reading
Aetna (nymph) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Aetna (city) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Cognate with aestus (“hot”), aestās (“summer”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈae̯t.na/
Proper noun
Aetna f (genitive Aetnae); first declension
- Mount Etna (the celebrated volcano of Sicily, in the interior of which, according to fable, was the forge of Vulcan, where the cyclops forged thunderbolts for Jupiter, and under which the latter buried the monster Typhon)
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Aetna (nymph in Sicily)
- Aetna (city situated at the foot of Mount Etna)
- Synonym: Inēssa
Declension
First declension, with locative.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Aetna |
Genitive | Aetnae |
Dative | Aetnae |
Accusative | Aetnam |
Ablative | Aetnā |
Vocative | Aetna |
Locative | Aetnae |
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Aetnaeus
- Aetnaeī
- Aetnēnsis
- Aetnēnsēs
Descendants
References
- Aetna in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ætna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 83/1
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Room, Adrian, Place Names of the World, 2nd ed., McFarland & Co., 2006.
Further reading
Aetna (mount) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la Aetna (nymph) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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