Gortyna
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γόρτῡν (Górtūn).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡorˈtyː.na/, [ɡɔrˈt̪yːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡorˈti.na/, [ɡorˈt̪iːnä]
Proper noun edit
Gortȳna f sg (genitive Gortȳnae); first declension
- An important city of Crete
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Gortȳna |
Genitive | Gortȳnae |
Dative | Gortȳnae |
Accusative | Gortȳnam |
Ablative | Gortȳnā |
Vocative | Gortȳna |
Locative | Gortȳnae |
Related terms edit
References edit
- “Gortyna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Gortyna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Gortyn”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly