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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφεταί (Aphetaí).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aphetae f pl (genitive Aphetārum); first declension
- A port town of Thessaly, occupied by the Persian fleet previous to the battle of Artemisium
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
References
- “Aphetae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly