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/
• Rhymes: -apua, -apwa
• Hyphenation: Cà‧pu‧a, Cà‧pua

Proper noun

Capua f

1. A town in Caserta, Campania

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