carpasia
See also: Carpasia
Latin
Etymology
Alteration of Carpathia as a substantivisation of the feminine forms of Carpathius (“of Carpathos”) in elliptical use for nāvis Carpathia (“Carpathian ship”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /karˈpa.si.a/, [kärˈpäs̠iä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /karˈpa.si.a/, [kärˈpäːs̬iä]
Noun
carpasia f (genitive carpasiae); first declension
- a kind of grand and spacious ship, typical of those from the island of Carpathos in the Aegaean Sea
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | carpasia | carpasiae |
| Genitive | carpasiae | carpasiārum |
| Dative | carpasiae | carpasiīs |
| Accusative | carpasiam | carpasiās |
| Ablative | carpasiā | carpasiīs |
| Vocative | carpasia | carpasiae |
References
- carpasia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- carpasia navis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “268/1”