LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininefirst declension

Fīdēnae

Fīdēnae f pl (genitive Fīdēnārum)

Meaning

  1. ancient city near Rome

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—Fīdēnae
genitive—Fīdēnārum
dative—Fīdēnīs
accusative—Fīdēnās
ablative—Fīdēnīs
vocative—Fīdēnae
locative—Fīdēnīs

Fīdēnae, ārum (sing. Fīdēna, ae, Sil. 15, 91; Tac. A. 4, 62. Fĭdēna with the
I. i short, Verg. A. 6, 773), f., a very ancient town of Latium, on the left bank of the Tiber, five miles from Rome, now Castel Giubileo, Liv. 1, 27; 2, 19; 4, 17; 22; 33 sq.; Cic. Agr. 2, 35, 96; id. Phil. 9, 1, 4; Suet. Tib. 40; id. Calig. 31; Tac. H. 3, 79; Prop. 4 (5), 1, 36; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 8; Juv. 6, 57 al.; cf. Bormann, Alt-Latin. Chorographie, p. 239 sq.—
II. Deriv.: Fīdēnas, ātis, adj., of or belonging to Fidenae: ager, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 54: bellum, Liv. 1, 15.—As a surname: L. Sergius Fidenas, Liv. 4, 17; 25.—In plur. subst.: Fīdēnātes, ium, m., the inhabitants of Fidenae, Fidenates, Liv. 1, 15; 4, 17 sq.

Origins

Descendants
  • FrenchFidènes
  • ItalianFidene
  • Ancient GreekΦιδήνη

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyFidenaeFidenae (Φιδῆναι, Strab., Ptol., but Φιδήνη in Dionysius, and the singular form FIDENA is used by Virgil, Aen. 6.773, and by Tacitus, Tac. Ann. 4.62: …

Quick answers

What does Fīdēnae mean in Latin?
Fīdēnae, a proper noun, means “ancient city near Rome”.
What is the genitive of Fīdēnae?
The genitive singular is Fīdēnārum. Fīdēnae is feminine, first declension.