proper noun · femininefirst declension
Alexandrēa
Alexandrēa f sg (genitive Alexandrēae)
Meaning
- Alexandria (several cities in the Hellenistic world, but most especially an ancient capital of Egypt)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Alexandrēa | — |
| genitive | Alexandrēae Alexandrīae | — |
| dative | Alexandrēae Alexandrīae | — |
| accusative | Alexandrēam Alexandrīam | — |
| ablative | Alexandrēā | — |
| vocative | Alexandrēa | — |
| locative | Alexandrēae Alexandrīae | — |
Ălexandrēa (the form of Cicero's time, Cic. Phil. 2, 19; id. Fin. 5, 19; Prop. 4, 10, 33 (
I. Alexandria, Müll.); Hor. C. 4, 14, 35 K. and H.; also ălexandrīa under the Empire; so, Antiochēa and Antiochīa; cf. Prisc. p. 588 P., Ochsn. Eclog. 143, and Osann ad Cic. Rep. p. 467), ae, f., = Ἀλεξάνδρεια, a name of several towns of antiquity; among which,
I. The most distinguished is the city built by Alexander the Great, after the destruction of Tyre, upon the north coast of Egypt, the residence of the Ptolemies, and the emporium of Eastern trade during the Middle Ages, sometimes with the appellation Magna, now Iskenderieh or Alexandria, Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62.—
II. A town in Troas, now Eski Stamboul, sometimes called Alexandria, Cic. Ac. 2, 4; Plin. 5, 30, 33, § 124;
and sometimes Alexandria Troas, Liv. 35, 42; 37, 35; Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 128.—III. A town in Aria, also called Alexandria Ariōn (i. e. Arionum), now Herat, Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 61; 6, 23, 25, § 93.—Hence, ălexandrīnus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Alexandria,
A. In Egypt:
vita atque licentia, a luxurious and licentious life, like that of Alexandria, at that time a centre of luxury, Caes. B. C. 3, 110; Petr. 31; Quint. 1, 2, 7 Spald.: Alexandrina navis, an Alexandrian merchantship, Suet. Aug. 98; id. Ner. 45; id. Galb. 10: Bellum Alexandrinum, the history of the expedition of Cœsar into Egypt, after the battle at Pharsalus, Auct. B. Alex. 1.—B. In Troas, Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 131; 23, 8, 80, § 158. —Subst.: ălexandrīni, ōrum, m., inhabitants of Alexandria (in Egypt):
ad Alexandrinos istos revertamur, Cic. Rab. Post. 12, 34; id. Pis. 21, 49.Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂lek-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂lékseti
- LatinAlexandrēa
Proto-Hellenic *aléksōder. Ancient Greek ᾰ̓λέξω (ăléxō) Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρ- (ăndr-) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓λέξᾰνδρος (Ăléxăndros) Ancient Greek -υς (-us)? Pre-Greekder.? Proto-Hellenic *-eús Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)? Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ειᾰ (-eiă) Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia)bor. Latin Alexandrēa Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia).
Descendants
- PortugueseAlexandriafrom Old Galician-Portuguese Alexandria
- GalicianAlexandríafrom Old Galician-Portuguese Alexandria