Libyssa

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λίβυσσα (Líbussa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /liˈbys.sa/, [lʲɪˈbʏs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈbis.sa/, [liˈbisːä]

Proper noun

Libyssa f sg (genitive Libyssae); first declension

1. A town of Bithynia situated on the road from Nicaea to Chalcedon

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Libyssa
Genitive	Libyssae
Dative	Libyssae
Accusative	Libyssam
Ablative	Libyssā
Vocative	Libyssa
Locative	Libyssae

Etymology 2

Adjective

Libyssa

1. inflection of Libyssus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

Libyssā

1. ablative feminine plural of Libyssus

References

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