proper noun · femininefirst declension
Oea
Oea f sg (genitive Oeae)
Classical[ˈoe̯.a]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.a]
Meaning
- femininesingulara maritime town in Africa, now Tripoli
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Oea | — |
| genitive | Oeae | — |
| dative | Oeae | — |
| accusative | Oeam | — |
| ablative | Oeā | — |
| vocative | Oea | — |
| locative | Oeae | — |
Oea, ae, f.,
I. a town of Africa, now Tripolis, Mela. 1, 7, 5; Sil. 3, 257; App. Mag. 17. —Hence,
II. Oeensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Œa:
civitas Oeensis, Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 27; cf. Sil. 3, 257.—Plur. subst.: Oeenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Œa, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 38; Tac. H. 4, 50.Origins
From Ancient Greek Οἴα (Oía), the name of a city at the time of its capture by the Greek rulers of Cyrenaica, later hypothesized to be the same city as Oea, which the Greeks called Ἐώα (Eṓa), the name Οἴα (Oía) recorded as being from Punic 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤕 (wyʿt), apparently from an unknown name of an existing Berber village, the site of which Οἴα was built on.