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Morgantia
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Latin
Alternative forms
la Murgantia Murgentia Morgantium Morgentia
Etymology
From la grc Μοργάντιον, grc Μοργαντίνη, identified by Strabo as a pre-Roman la itc - tribe. The name could ultimately be from la ine-pro *mórǵs edge, boundary, border.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Morgantia<1.loc>
la city in interior r/Sicily, situated near Catana
la city r/Samnium, now Baselice
Declension
Morgantia<1.loc>
Derived terms
la Murgentīnī
la Murgentīnus
la Murgantius, la Murgantius
References
Murgantĭa Murgantia
Murgantia
Jahresbericht über die Fortschritte der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft. (1940). Germany: O. R. Reisland, p. 44
Strabo, Geographica 6.1.6