English

Proper noun

Cumae

1. An Ancient Greek, and then Roman, settlement near Naples famed for its sibyl.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κύμη ‎(Kúmē, “Cumae”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.maj/

Proper noun

Cūmae f pl ‎(genitive Cūmārum, locative Cūmīs); first declension

1. Cumae
2. vocative of Cūmae

Inflection

First declension, with locative.

See also

• Avernus
• Sibylla

References

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