Thespiae

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεσπιαί (Thespiaí).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰes.pi.ae̯/, [ˈt̪ʰɛs̠piäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtes.pi.e/, [ˈt̪ɛspie]

Proper noun

Thespiae f pl (genitive Thespiārum); first declension

1. An ancient city of Boeotia situated at the foot of the mount Helicon

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Thespiae
Genitive	Thespiārum
Dative	Thespiīs
Accusative	Thespiās
Ablative	Thespiīs
Vocative	Thespiae
Locative	Thespiīs

Related terms

• Thespius
• Thespiacus
• Thespias

References

• “Thespiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Thespiae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Thespiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.