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paeninsula
paeninsula
See also: pæninsula
Latin
Alternative forms
Noun
paenīnsula f (genitive paenīnsulae); first declension
- peninsula
- Italia et Graecia sunt paeninsulae.
- Italy and Greece are peninsulas.
- Italia et Graecia sunt paeninsulae.
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | paenīnsula | paenīnsulae |
| genitive | paenīnsulae | paenīnsulārum |
| dative | paenīnsulae | paenīnsulīs |
| accusative | paenīnsulam | paenīnsulās |
| ablative | paenīnsulā | paenīnsulīs |
| vocative | paenīnsula | paenīnsulae |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- paeninsula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- paeninsula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “paeninsula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a peninsula projects into the sea: paeninsula in mare excurrit, procurrit
- a peninsula projects into the sea: paeninsula in mare excurrit, procurrit
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↑ Famous Firsts in the Ancient Greek and Roman World by David Matz (2000; McFarland; ISBN 0786405996, 9780786405992), page 121
Livy was the first Roman author to combine the words paene (almost) and insula (island) into one: paeninsula. He used the word in the course of his description of the location of New Carthage, on the Spanish coast (26.42).