Puteoli

Latin

Alternative forms

• Puteolus (in the singular, uncommon)

Etymology

From puteus (“well”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /puˈte.o.liː/, [pʊˈt̪eɔlʲiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /puˈte.o.li/, [puˈt̪ɛːoli]

Proper noun

Puteolī m pl (genitive Puteolōrum); second declension

1. A coastal city in Campania, founded as a port for Cumae, now Pozzuoli

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Puteolī
Genitive	Puteolōrum
Dative	Puteolīs
Accusative	Puteolōs
Ablative	Puteolīs
Vocative	Puteolī
Locative	Puteolīs

Derived terms

• Puteolānus

Descendants

• Italian: Pozzuoli
  • → Sicilian: Puzzuoli
• Neapolitan: Pezzulo, Pezzule

References

• Puteoli in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Puteoli”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly