English edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek Φθία (Phthía).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Phthia

  1. A city in ancient Thessaly, Greece.

Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φθία (Phthía).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Phthīa f sg (genitive Phthīae); first declension

  1. A city of Thessaly and birthplace of Achilles

Declension edit

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Phthīa
Genitive Phthīae
Dative Phthīae
Accusative Phthīam
Ablative Phthīā
Vocative Phthīa
Locative Phthīae

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References edit

  • Phthia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Phthia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.