Apamea

English

Alternative forms
  • Apameia

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin Ăpămēa, from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).

Proper noun

Apamea (uncountable)

  1. (historical) the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Apamēa f (genitive Apamēae); first declension

  1. Apamea

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Apamēa
Genitive Apamēae
Dative Apamēae
Accusative Apamēam
Ablative Apamēā
Vocative Apamēa

Derived terms
  • Apamēensis
  • Apamēnus
  • Apamēus

References
  • Apamea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Apamea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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