Amphicaea

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμφίκαια (Amphíkaia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /am.pʰiˈkae̯.a/, [ämpʰɪˈkäe̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /am.fiˈt͡ʃe.a/, [ämfiˈt͡ʃɛːä]

Proper noun

Amphicaea f sg (genitive Amphicaeae); first declension

1. a town of Phocis destroyed by the army of Xerxes

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Amphicaea
Genitive	Amphicaeae
Dative	Amphicaeae
Accusative	Amphicaeam
Ablative	Amphicaeā
Vocative	Amphicaea
Locative	Amphicaeae

References

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