Capua

English

Proper noun

Capua

  1. A town and municipality in the province of Caserta, Campania, Italy.

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈka.pu.a/, /ˈka.pwa/[1]
  • Rhymes: -apua, -apwa
  • Hyphenation: Cà‧pu‧a, Cà‧pua

Proper noun

Capua f

  1. A town in Caserta, Campania

References
  1. Capua in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌐𐌄𐌅𐌀 (capeva, “city of marshes”).

Proper noun

Capua f sg (genitive Capuae); first declension

  1. Capua (a city in Italy)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Capua
Genitive Capuae
Dative Capuae
Accusative Capuam
Ablative Capuā
Vocative Capua
Locative Capuae

References
  • “Capua”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Capua in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Grant, Michael (January 1980). The Etruscans
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