"moenia" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmoe̯.ni.a/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈmoe̯niä] [Classical-Latin], /ˈme.ni.a/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmɛːniä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: moenium [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], moenia [nominative, plural], moenium [genitive, plural], moenibus [dative, plural], moenia [accusative, plural], moenibus [ablative, plural], moenia [plural, vocative]
Etymology: A plurale tantum, from Old Latin moene, from Proto-Indo-European *móyni, from *mey- (“to strengthen”). Cognate with mūrus (“wall”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-ola|moene}} Old Latin moene, {{der|la|ine-pro||*móyni}} Proto-Indo-European *móyni Head templates: {{la-noun|moenia<3.pl>|g=n}} moenia n pl (genitive moenium); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|moenia<3.pl>}}
  1. city walls, town walls, defensive walls, fortifications, ramparts, bulwarks Tags: declension-3, neuter, plural
    Sense id: en-moenia-la-noun-iA1OfTu- Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin pluralia tantum, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Latin pluralia tantum: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6
  2. in general: walls, enclosure Tags: declension-3, neuter, plural
    Sense id: en-moenia-la-noun-yikgRirk Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mūniō

Inflected forms

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