English

Proper noun

Pompeii

1. A ruined Roman town in Italy, destroyed by Vesuvius (a volcano) in AD 79

Derived terms

• Pompeiian, Pompeian

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Oscan 𐌐𐌖𐌌𐌐𐌄 ‎(pumpe, “five”), a reference to its five districts, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. See also Gens name Pompēius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pomˈpeː.i.iː/, [pɔmˈpeː.i.iː]

Proper noun

Pompēiī ? ‎(genitive, locative Pompēiōrum); m declension

1. Pompeii
2. vocative masculine of Pompēiī

Inflection

Second declension, with locative.

Related terms

• Pompēius

Proper noun

Pompēiī m

1. genitive singular of Pompēius

References

• Pompeii in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press