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Pompeii.

Pompeii (a maritime city in the south of Campania, overwhelmed by an eruption of Vesuvius, A.D. 79)

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name[pɔmˈpɛj.jiː]Classical-Latin[pomˈpɛː.ji]

  1. Pompeii (a maritime city in the south of Campania, overwhelmed by an eruption of Vesuvius, A.D. 79)

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Oscan, from Oscan *pompe (“five”) + -eius. A reference to the city's five districts, from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. See also the gens name Pompeius and quīnque, the native word for “five”.

name[pɔmˈpɛj.jiː]Classical-Latin[pomˈpɛː.ji]

  1. genitive singular of Pompeius

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Oscan, from Oscan *pompe (“five”) + -eius. A reference to the city's five districts, from Proto-Italic *kʷenkʷe, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. See also the gens name Pompeius and quīnque, the native word for “five”.

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