Mantua

See also: mantua, Mântua, and Mantüa

English

Etymology

From Latin Mantua.

Proper noun

Mantua

  1. Province of Lombardy, Italy.
  2. City and capital of Mantua.
    • William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
      —He and I / Will watch thy waking, and that very night / Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Etruscan *𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌈𐌅𐌀 (*manθva), from 𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌈 (manθ, “Mantus, god of the underworld”). Compare 𐌌𐌀𐌍𐌈𐌅𐌀𐌕𐌄 (manθvate, “Mantuan”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈman.tu.a/, [ˈman.tʊ.a]

Proper noun

Mantua f (genitive Mantuae); first declension

  1. Mantua (city)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative Mantua
genitive Mantuae
dative Mantuae
accusative Mantuam
ablative Mantuā
vocative Mantua

Descendants

References

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