Puteoli

Latin

Alternative forms

Puteolus (in the singular, uncommon)[1]

Etymology

From puteus (“well”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /puˈte.o.liː/, [pʊˈt̪eɔlʲiː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈte.o.li/, [puˈt̪ɛːoli]

Proper noun

Puteolī m pl (genitive Puteolōrum); second declension

A coastal city in Campania, founded as a port for Cumae, now Pozzuoli

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Puteolī
Genitive	Puteolōrum
Dative	Puteolīs
Accusative	Puteolōs
Ablative	Puteolīs
Vocative	Puteolī
Locative	Puteolīs

Derived terms

Puteolānus

Descendants

Italian: Pozzuoli
- → Sicilian: Puzzuoli
Neapolitan: Pezzulo, Pezzule

References

Puteoli in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Puteoli”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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