Pax Julia

Latin

Etymology

From pax (“peace”) and Jūlius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /paks ˈi̯uː.li.a/, [päks̠ ˈi̯uːlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paks ˈju.li.a/, [päks ˈjuːliä]

Proper noun

Pāx Jūlia f sg (genitive Pācis Jūliae); third declension

1. A town in Lusitania situated on the road between Ebora and Esuris, now Beja

Declension

Third-declension noun with a first-declension adjective, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pāx Jūlia
genitive	Pācis Jūliae
dative	Pācī Jūliae
accusative	Pācem Jūliam
ablative	Pāce Jūliā
vocative	Pāx Jūlia
locative	Pācī Jūliae Pāce Jūliae

Descendants

• ⇒ Portuguese: Beja

References

• “Pax Julia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly