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Messanam

Messanam is a Latin form of Messana, meaning “Another name for; in the Peloponnesus”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 29 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.3: … Massiliensibusque subsidio missus, freto Siciliae imprudente atque inopinante Curione pervehitur appulsisque Messanam navibus atque inde propter repentinum terrorem principum ac senatus fuga facta navem ex navalibus eorum deduc …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.