moenia

== Latin == === Etymology === A plurale tantum, from Old Latin moene, from Proto-Indo-European *móyni, from *mey- (“to strengthen”). Cognate with mūrus (“wall”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmoe̯.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɛː.ni.a] === Noun === moenia n pl (genitive moenium); third declension city walls, town walls, defensive walls, fortifications, ramparts, bulwarks in general: walls, enclosure ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem), plural only. ==== Derived terms ==== mūniō === References === “moenia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “moenia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “moenia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “moenia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “moenia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin