Pompeii

See also: Pompei

English

Etymology

From Latin Pompeii.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /pɒmˈpeɪi/
(US) IPA^(key): /pɑːmˈpeɪi/

Proper noun

Pompeii

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

Derived terms

Pompeiian, Pompeian

Translations

a historical city

Arabic: بُومْبِي‎‎ m (bumbī)
Armenian: Պոմպեյ (Pompey)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 龐貝, 庞贝 (Pángbèi)
Finnish: Pompeji
French: Pompéi (fr) f
German: Pompeji (de) n
Greek: Πομπηία f (Pompiía)
Italian: Pompei f

Japanese: ポンペイ (Pompei)
Latin: Pompeiī m
Neapolitan: Pumpeje
Polish: Pompeje (pl) f pl
Portuguese: Pompeia f
Russian: Помпе́и pl (Pompéi)
Spanish: Pompeya f
Swedish: Pompeji n

Latin

Karl Bryullov's The Last Day of Pompeii (1830-3)

Jakob Philipp Hackert's The Excavations at Pompeii (1799)

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 m pl (genitive Pompēiōrum, locative Pompēiīs); second declension

Pompeii (a maritime city in the south of Campania, overwhelmed by an eruption of Vesuvius, A.D. 79)

Inflection

Second declension, with locative.

Case	Plural
nominative	Pompēiī
genitive	Pompēiōrum
dative	Pompēiīs
accusative	Pompēiōs
ablative	Pompēiīs
vocative	Pompēiī
locative	Pompēiīs

Derived terms

Pompēiānī m pl (“inhabitants of Pompeii”, noun)
Pompēiānum n (“a villa of Cicero near Pompeii”, noun)
Pompēiānus (“of, belonging to Pompeii”, adjective)

Related terms

Pompēius

See also

Campānia, Vesuvius

Proper noun

Pompēiī m

genitive singular of Pompēius

References

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

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