LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininefirst declension

Morgantia

Morgantia f sg (genitive Morgantiae)
Classical[mɔrˈɡan.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[morˈɡan.t͡si.a]

Meaning

  1. femininesingulara city in interior Sicily, situated near Catana
  2. femininesingulara city in Samnium, now Baselice

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeMorgantia—
genitiveMorgantiae—
dativeMorgantiae—
accusativeMorgantiam—
ablativeMorgantiā—
vocativeMorgantia—
locativeMorgantiae—

Origins

From Ancient Greek Μοργάντιον (Morgántion), Μοργαντίνη (Morgantínē), identified by Strabo as a pre-Roman Italic tribe. The name could ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“edge, boundary, border”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyMorgantiaMorgantia, MURGANTIA, or MORGANTIUM (Μοργάντιον, Strab.; Μοργαντίνη, Diod.: Eth. Μοργαντῖνος. The name is variously written by Latin writers Murgantia…

Quick answers

What does Morgantia mean in Latin?
Morgantia, a proper noun, means “a city in interior Sicily, situated near Catana; a city in Samnium, now Baselice”.
What is the genitive of Morgantia?
The genitive singular is Morgantiae. Morgantia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Morgantia?
In classical Latin, [mɔrˈɡan.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [morˈɡan.t͡si.a].