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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄλαισα (Álaisa), variant of Ἅλαισα (Hálaisa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alaesa f sg (genitive Alaesae); first declension
- a city on the northern coast of Sicily of Siculian origin, situated between Calacte and Cephaloedium
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Hălēsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Alaesa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Halaesa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.