Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γάγγρα (Gángra).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Gangra n pl (genitive Gangrōrum); second declension

  1. A town in Paphlagonia, now Çankırı

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Gangra
Genitive Gangrōrum
Dative Gangrīs
Accusative Gangra
Ablative Gangrīs
Vocative Gangra
Locative Gangrīs

References edit

  • Gangre in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Gangra”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly