Idumaea

== English == === Alternative forms === Idumea === Proper noun === Idumaea (historical) An ancient region in the south of Judea in modern Israel and the West Bank, inhabited by the Edomites during the Hellenistic period and Roman occupation. ==== Related terms ==== Edom Edomite Edomitish Edomitic ==== Translations ==== === See also === Esau == Latin == === Alternative forms === Idūmēa === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰδουμαία (Idoumaía). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪ.duːˈmae̯.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.duˈmɛː.a] === Proper noun === Idūmaea f sg (genitive Idūmaeae); first declension (historical) Idumaea (an ancient region in the south of Judea in modern Israel and the West Bank, inhabited by the Edomites during the Hellenistic period and Roman occupation) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== Idūmaeus === References === “Idumaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Idumaea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Idumaea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly