LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininefirst declension

Therapnae

Therapnae f pl (genitive Therapnārum)
Classical[tʰɛˈrap.nae̯]Ecclesiastical[teˈrap.ne]

Meaning

  1. feminineplurala small town of Laconia and birthplace of Helen

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—Therapnae
genitive—Therapnārum
dative—Therapnīs
accusative—Therapnās
ablative—Therapnīs
vocative—Therapnae
locative—Therapnīs

Thĕrapnae (Thĕramnae), ārum, = Θεράπναι, or -ē, ēs, f., = Θεράπνη,
I. a small town in Laconia, the birthplace of Helen, Mel. 2, 3, 4; Stat. S. 4, 8, 53.—Hence, Thĕ-rapnaeus (Thĕramn-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Therapnæ, Therapnæan; in the poets for Laconian, Spartan: rus, Ov. H. 15 (16), 196: marita, i. e. Helen, id. A. A. 3, 49: fratres, i. e. Castor and Pollux, Stat. Th. 7, 793; cf.: membra Therapnaea resolutus gymnade Pollux, id. S. 4, 2, 48: Amyclae, Mart. 9, 104, 5.—And, as the Tarentines were an off-shoot from the Laconians, sometimes also for Tarentine: Galesus, Stat. S. 2, 2, 111.—For the same reason, also for Sabine: sanguine Clausi, Sil. 8, 414.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεράπναι (Therápnai).

Quick answers

What does Therapnae mean in Latin?
Therapnae, a proper noun, means “a small town of Laconia and birthplace of Helen”.
What is the genitive of Therapnae?
The genitive singular is Therapnārum. Therapnae is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Therapnae?
In classical Latin, [tʰɛˈrap.nae̯]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [teˈrap.ne].