Pharsalus

English

Etymology

Via Latin Pharsalus, from Ancient Greek Φάρσαλος (Phársalos)

Proper noun

Pharsalus

1. An ancient city in Phthiotis in the modern Fthiotida prefecture, Greece

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φάρσαλος (Phársalos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰarˈsaː.lus/, [pʰärˈs̠äːɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /farˈsa.lus/, [färˈsäːlus]

Proper noun

Pharsālus m sg (genitive Pharsālī); second declension

1. a city of Thessaly where Caesar defeated Pompey

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pharsālus
Genitive	Pharsālī
Dative	Pharsālō
Accusative	Pharsālum
Ablative	Pharsālō
Vocative	Pharsāle
Locative	Pharsālī

Related terms

• Pharsālia
• Pharsālicus
• Pharsālius

References

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