Herdonea

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /herˈdoː.ne.a/, [hɛrˈd̪oːneä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /erˈdo.ne.a/, [erˈd̪ɔːneä]

Proper noun

Herdōnea f sg (genitive Herdōneae); first declension

1. An inland city in Apulia, on the way from Canusium to Beneventum, now the town of Ordona

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Herdōnea
Genitive	Herdōneae
Dative	Herdōneae
Accusative	Herdōneam
Ablative	Herdōneā
Vocative	Herdōnea
Locative	Herdōneae

Related terms

• Herdōnienses

References

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