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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Δέκελος (Dékelos) + -ειᾰ (-eia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.ké.leː.a/ → /ðeˈce.li.a/ → /ðeˈce.li.a/
Proper noun
Δεκέλειᾰ • (Dekéleia) f (genitive Δεκελείᾱς); first declension
- Decelea (a city in Attica, Greece)
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “Δεκέλεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Δεκέλεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Δεκέλεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008