Selymbria

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σηλυμβρία (Sēlumbría).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seːˈlym.bri.a/, [s̠eːˈlʲʏmbriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈlim.bri.a/, [seˈlimbriä]

Proper noun

Sēlymbria f sg (genitive Sēlymbriae); first declension

1. a town of Thrace situated on the Propontis

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sēlymbria
Genitive	Sēlymbriae
Dative	Sēlymbriae
Accusative	Sēlymbriam
Ablative	Sēlymbriā
Vocative	Sēlymbria
Locative	Sēlymbriae

References

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