Cenchreae

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κεγχρεαί (Kenkhreaí).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈken.kʰre.ae̯/, [ˈkɛŋkʰreäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃen.kre.e/, [ˈt͡ʃɛŋkreː]

Proper noun

Cenchreae f pl (genitive Cenchreārum); first declension

1. a port-town of Corinthus, situated on the Saronic gulf

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Cenchreae
Genitive	Cenchreārum
Dative	Cenchreīs
Accusative	Cenchreās
Ablative	Cenchreīs
Vocative	Cenchreae
Locative	Cenchreīs

Related terms

• Cenchraeus

References

• “Cenchreae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Cenchreae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Cenchreae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.