Subura

== Latin == === Etymology === From Latin "sub" (under, below) + "urbs" (town, city), here intended as the city of Rome. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sʊˈbuː.ra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [suˈbuː.ra] === Proper noun === Subūra f sg (genitive Subūrae); first declension A quarter in Rome situated between the Esquiline, the Viminal, and Quirinal, where many prostitutes dwelt ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Subūrānus ==== Descendants ==== Italian: suburra === References === “Subura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Subura”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.