How do you use Cumae in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Cumae meaning
An Ancient Greek, and then Roman, settlement near Naples famed for its sibyl.
Using Cumae
- The main meaning on this page is: An Ancient Greek, and then Roman, settlement near Naples famed for its sibyl.
Context around Cumae
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cumae
- In this selection, "cumae" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cabbage and cabbage stand out and add context to how "cumae" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include capua and cumae in an and emigrating to cumae. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cumae" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cumae
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pliny the Elder listed seven varieties, including Pompeii cabbage, Cumae cabbage and Sabellian cabbage. (14 words)
In the place where Numa Pompilius (the legendary second king of Rome) received a nymph’s advice on creating Roman law, the narrator has a final conversation with his Roman friend Umbricius, who is emigrating to Cumae. (37 words)
Since the Samnites were more warlike than the Campanians, they easily took over the cities of Capua and Cumae, in an area which was one of the most prosperous and fertile in the Italian Peninsula at the time. (38 words)
Since the Samnites were more warlike than the Campanians, they easily took over the cities of Capua and Cumae, in an area which was one of the most prosperous and fertile in the Italian Peninsula at the time. (38 words)
In the place where Numa Pompilius (the legendary second king of Rome) received a nymph’s advice on creating Roman law, the narrator has a final conversation with his Roman friend Umbricius, who is emigrating to Cumae. (37 words)
Pliny the Elder listed seven varieties, including Pompeii cabbage, Cumae cabbage and Sabellian cabbage. (14 words)
Example sentences (3)
In the place where Numa Pompilius (the legendary second king of Rome) received a nymph’s advice on creating Roman law, the narrator has a final conversation with his Roman friend Umbricius, who is emigrating to Cumae.
Pliny the Elder listed seven varieties, including Pompeii cabbage, Cumae cabbage and Sabellian cabbage.
Since the Samnites were more warlike than the Campanians, they easily took over the cities of Capua and Cumae, in an area which was one of the most prosperous and fertile in the Italian Peninsula at the time.