Phalerum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Phalēra

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φάληρον (Phálēron).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰaˈleː.rum/, [pʰäˈɫ̪eːrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /faˈle.rum/, [fäˈlɛːrum]

Proper noun

Phalērum n sg (genitive Phalērī); second declension

1. The oldest harbour of Athens, connected with the city with a long wall

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Phalērum
Genitive	Phalērī
Dative	Phalērō
Accusative	Phalērum
Ablative	Phalērō
Vocative	Phalērum
Locative	Phalērī

Related terms

• Phalēreus
• Phalēricus

References

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