Seia

See also: seia

Latin

Etymology

Related to seges (“cornfield”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛj.ja]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛː.ja]

Proper noun

Seia f sg (genitive Seiae); first declension

(Roman mythology) The goddess who presided over the sowing

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Seia
genitive	Seiae
dative	Seiae
accusative	Seiam
ablative	Seiā
vocative	Seia

References

“Seia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Sẽa, from Early Medieval Latin Sena.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.ɐ/ [ˈseɪ̯.ɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.a/ [ˈseɪ̯.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐj.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.ɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsej.ɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ɐ/

Homophones: ceia, sei-a
Hyphenation: Sei‧a
Audio (Portugal): (file)

Proper noun

Seia f

a city and municipality of the district of Guarda, Portugal

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