Carmylessus

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Καρμυλησσός (Karmulēssós).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kar.myˈleːs.sus/, [kärmʏˈɫ̪eːs̠ːʊs̠]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kar.miˈles.sus/, [kärmiˈlɛsːus]

Proper noun

Carmylēssus m sg (genitive Carmylēssī); second declension

1. A city mentioned in Strabo’s Geographica, wherein it is said to have been situated in a valley of Mount Anticragus, in Lycia, Anatolia; the present-day village of Kayaköy is believed to have been built on the same site.

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Carmylēssus
Genitive	Carmylēssī
Dative	Carmylēssō
Accusative	Carmylēssum
Ablative	Carmylēssō
Vocative	Carmylēsse
Locative	Carmylēssī

References

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