apuliae

== Latin == === Etymology === Unknown. Attested only in Tertullian, De spectaculis 20 (c. 200 CE). Suggested sources include Āpūlia, Etruscan-style Apulu (“Apollo”), aulaeum (“theatre curtain”), apertūra (“opening”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈpʊ.li.ae̯] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈpuː.li.e] === Noun === apuliae f pl (genitive apuliārum); first declension (plural only) (hapax legomenon) curtains that keep out light in theatres ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, plural only. === References === “apuliae”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.