[ˈae̯t.na], [ˈɛt.na]
OriginFrom Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Cognate with aestus (“hot”), aestās (“summer”).
- declension-1, feminine, singularMount Etna (the celebrated volcano of Sicily in modern Italy, in the interior of which, according to fable, was the forge of Vulcan, where the cyclops forged thunderbolts for Jupiter, and under which the latter buried the monster Typhon)
- Greek, Roman, declension-1, feminine, singularAetna (nymph in Sicily)
- declension-1, feminine, singularAetna (an ancient city in Sicily, in modern Italy, situated at the foot of Mount Etna)
FormsAetnae(genitive) · Aetna(nominative, singular) · Aetnae(genitive, singular) · Aetnae(dative, singular) · Aetnam(accusative, singular) · Aetnā(ablative, singular) · Aetna(singular, vocative) · Aetnae(locative, singular) · Aetnē(alternative)
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