Caesarea
See also: Cæsarea
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsiːzəˈɹiːə/
Proper noun
Caesarea
- (historical) Name of numerous cities and locations in the Roman Empire, among them Caesarea Mazaca, capital of Cappadocia (modern Kayseri) and Caesarea Maritima, capital of province Palestine.
Translations
any of the places called Caesarea
Latin
Etymology
From Caesar, on the pattern of Alexandrēa and similar.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kae̯.saˈreː.a/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kɛ.saˈre.a/, [kɛ.saˈreː.a]
Proper noun
Caesarēa f (genitive Caesarēae); first declension
- Many different cities in the Roman world known as Caesarea, including:
- Caesarea Maritima (city in modern Israel)
- Kayseri (city in Cappadocia, modern Turkey)
- Cherchell (city in Roman Mauritania, modern Algeria)
- The Island of Jersey
Declension
First declension, with locative.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Caesarēa |
Genitive | Caesarēae |
Dative | Caesarēae |
Accusative | Caesarēam |
Ablative | Caesarēā |
Vocative | Caesarēa |
Locative | Caesarēae |
Descendants
References
- Caesarea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Caesarea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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