Thermopylae
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Thermopylae, from Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /θɚˈmɑpɪli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θəˈmɒpɪli/
- Hyphenation: Ther‧mop‧y‧lae
Proper noun edit
Thermopylae
- A narrow pass on the east-central coast of Greece adjacent to the Maliakos Gulf, northwest of Athens. Its name is derived from its hot sulphur springs. It was the site of the Battle of Thermopylae, at which the Spartan King Leonidas stood off, for a time, the Persian armies of Xerxes.
Translations edit
narrow pass in eastern Greece
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Further reading edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tʰerˈmo.py.lae̯/, [t̪ʰɛrˈmɔpʏɫ̪äe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /terˈmo.pi.le/, [t̪erˈmɔːpile]
Proper noun edit
Thermopylae f pl (genitive Thermopylārum); first declension
- Thermopylae (a pass in Greece)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
Case | Plural |
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Nominative | Thermopylae |
Genitive | Thermopylārum |
Dative | Thermopylīs |
Accusative | Thermopylās |
Ablative | Thermopylīs |
Vocative | Thermopylae |
Locative | Thermopylīs |
Further reading edit
- “Thermopylae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press