Cannae

See also: cannae

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cannae.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkæniː/

Proper noun

Cannae

(historical) A village in the Apulia region of south east Italy, known as the site of a battle in 216 B.C. in which the Carthaginians under Hannibal defeated the Romans

Translations

village

Armenian: Կաննե (Kanne)
Catalan: Cannes f pl
Dutch: Canne
French: Cannes (fr) f pl
German: Cannae, Kannä

Italian: Canne
Latin: Cannae f pl
Portuguese: Canas (pt) f pl
Russian: Ка́нны (ru) pl (Kánny)
Spanish: Cannas f pl

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.nae̯/

Proper noun

Cannae f pl (genitive Cannārum); first declension

a small inland town of Apulia famous for the victory of Hannibal, situated near the right bank of the river Aufidus

View of the ruins

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Plural
nominative	Cannae
genitive	Cannārum
dative	Cannīs
accusative	Cannās
ablative	Cannīs
vocative	Cannae

Derived terms

Cannensis

References

Cannae in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Cannae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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