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English
Proper noun
Amphissa
- Alternative spelling of Amfissa
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄμφισσα (Ámphissa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amphissa f sg (genitive Amphissae); first declension
- an ancient town, the chief town of Locris in modern Greece
- a promontory of Bruttium in modern region of Calabria, Italy
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Amphissa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Amphissa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Amphissa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly