Thermopylae
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editThermopylae
- 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
editnarrow pass in eastern Greece
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Further reading
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tʰerˈmo.py.lae̯/, [t̪ʰɛrˈmɔpʏɫ̪äe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /terˈmo.pi.le/, [t̪erˈmɔːpile]
Proper noun
editThermopylae f pl (genitive Thermopylārum); first declension
- Thermopylae (a pass in Greece)
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
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
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