Herculaneum

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin Herculaneum, named for the mythical figure Hercules. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌhɜːkjuˈleɪni.əm/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌhɜɹkjəˈleɪni.əm/ === Proper noun === Herculaneum An ancient town in modern Campania, Italy, which was entirely destroyed by the same eruption of Vesuvius that also turned Pompeii into a ruin. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === Herculanium === Etymology === Named for the mythical figure Hercules. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɛr.kʊˈɫaː.ne.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [er.kuˈlaː.ne.um] === Proper noun === Herculāneum n sg (genitive Herculāneī); second declension Herculaneum (an ancient town in modern Campania, Italy, which was entirely destroyed by the same eruption of Vesuvius that also turned Pompeii into a ruin) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Herculaneum → French: Herculanum → Italian: Ercolano → Spanish: Herculano === References === “Herculaneum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Herculaneum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.