proper noun · neutersecond declension
Sublaqueum
Sublaqueum n sg (genitive Sublaqueī)
Meaning
- neutersingulara settlement in the valley of the Anio modern Italy, where there was a villa of Nero, now the town of Subiaco
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Sublaqueum | — |
| genitive | Sublaqueī | — |
| dative | Sublaqueō | — |
| accusative | Sublaqueum | — |
| ablative | Sublaqueō | — |
| vocative | Sublaqueum | — |
Sublăquĕum, i, n.,
I. a little town of the Æqui, in Latium, near which Nero had a country-seat, now Subiaco, Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 109; Tac. A. 14, 22.—Hence, Sublăcen-sis, e, adj., of or belonging to Sublaqueum:
villa, that of Nero, near Sublaqueum, Front. Aquaed. 93: viae, constructed there by him, id. ib. 7; 14; 15.Origins
From sub- (“under; within”) + lacus (“lake”), because this place was situated below a lake.