Transpadana

See also: transpadana

Latin

Etymology

From trāns (“across”) and Padus, literally meaning something is situated across the river Po.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tran.spaˈdaː.na/, [t̪rä̃ːs̠päˈd̪äːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tran.spaˈda.na/, [t̪ränspäˈd̪äːnä]

Proper noun

Trānspadāna f sg (genitive Trānspadānae); first declension

1. (by extension) Often used for the name for a geographical entity that is situated across the river Po.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Trānspadāna
genitive	Trānspadānae
dative	Trānspadānae
accusative	Trānspadānam
ablative	Trānspadānā
vocative	Trānspadāna

Descendants

• English: transpadane, transpadine

Proper noun

Trānspadāna f sg (genitive Trānspadānae); first declension

1. A placename for a Roman province, with gubernatorial seat at Mediolanum (Roman Milan, later capital of Lombardy).
2. In modern history, a placename for the short-lived Transpadane Republic.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Trānspadāna
genitive	Trānspadānae
dative	Trānspadānae
accusative	Trānspadānam
ablative	Trānspadānā
vocative	Trānspadāna

See also

• Gallia Trānspadāna
• Gallī Trānspadānī

References

• Westermann, Großer Atlas zur Weltgeschichte (in German)