Hispalis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /sefela/, “valley, plain”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhis.pa.lis/, [ˈhɪs̠pälʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈis.pa.lis/, [ˈispälis]
Proper noun edit
Hispalis f sg (genitive Hispalis); third declension
- Seville (the capital city of modern Andalusia, Spain)
- Seville (a province of modern Andalusia, Spain)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Hispalis |
| Genitive | Hispalis |
| Dative | Hispalī |
| Accusative | Hispalem |
| Ablative | Hispale |
| Vocative | Hispalis |
| Locative | Hispalī Hispale |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Arabic: إِشْبِيلِيَة
References edit
- “Hispalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hispalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Hispalis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Hispalis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly