Cumaeanadj.n.

/kjuːˈmiːən/

Etymology: < Cumae (Latin Cūmae, Greek Κύμη), an ancient city on the Italian coast near Naples, founded by the Greeks in the 8th cent. b.c. + -an suffix.

A. adj.

Of or pertaining to Cumæ, esp. famous for the Sibyl mentioned by Virgil in the ‘Æneid’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Italy > ancient cities or towns

Venusian1616

Pompeian1662

Cumaean1731

Herculanean1780

1731 J. Trapp tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 347 Have you been led thro' the Cumæan Cave, And heard th 'impatient Maid divinely rave?

1803 C. Wilmot Let. 6 Mar. (1920) 168 Aeneas..landed at the Cumaean shore a little way from the Lake Avernus.

1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable 819/1 The Cumæan sibyl was the conductor of Virgil to the infernal regions.

1968 Encycl. Brit. VI. 889/1 The antrum (cave) famous in legend as the seat of the oracle of the Cumaean Sibyl.

B. n.

A native or inhabitant of Cumæ.

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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [noun]

Albana1387

Latina1398

Venetian1432

Picentine1598

sybarite1598

Faliscan1600

Picene1601

sybaritan1608

Picenian1610

Peucetian1615

Pompeian1654

Praenestine1683

Iapygian1773

Messapian1773

Atestine1924

Cumaean1931

1931 D. Randall-MacIver Greek Cities in Italy & Sicily i. 6 The Cumaeans, says Pausanias, showed a small stone urn in the cemetery of Apollo which they said contained her [sc. the Sibyl's] bones.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	cumaean
释义	Cumaeanadj.n. /kjuːˈmiːən/ Etymology: < Cumae (Latin Cūmae, Greek Κύμη), an ancient city on the Italian coast near Naples, founded by the Greeks in the 8th cent. b.c. + -an suffix. A. adj. Of or pertaining to Cumæ, esp. famous for the Sibyl mentioned by Virgil in the ‘Æneid’. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in Italy > ancient cities or towns Venusian1616 Pompeian1662 Cumaean1731 Herculanean1780 1731 J. Trapp tr. Virgil Æneis vi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 347 Have you been led thro' the Cumæan Cave, And heard th 'impatient Maid divinely rave? 1803 C. Wilmot Let. 6 Mar. (1920) 168 Aeneas..landed at the Cumaean shore a little way from the Lake Avernus. 1870 E. C. Brewer Dict. Phrase & Fable 819/1 The Cumæan sibyl was the conductor of Virgil to the infernal regions. 1968 Encycl. Brit. VI. 889/1 The antrum (cave) famous in legend as the seat of the oracle of the Cumaean Sibyl. B. n. A native or inhabitant of Cumæ. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of states or regions Italy > [noun] Albana1387 Latina1398 Venetian1432 Picentine1598 sybarite1598 Faliscan1600 Picene1601 sybaritan1608 Picenian1610 Peucetian1615 Pompeian1654 Praenestine1683 Iapygian1773 Messapian1773 Atestine1924 Cumaean1931 1931 D. Randall-MacIver Greek Cities in Italy & Sicily i. 6 The Cumaeans, says Pausanias, showed a small stone urn in the cemetery of Apollo which they said contained her [sc. the Sibyl's] bones. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1731
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