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Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Καρμυλησσός (Karmulēssós).
Pronunciation
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kar.myˈleːs.sus/,
Proper noun
Carmylēssus m sg (genitive Carmylēssī); second declension
- A city mentioned in Strabo’s Geographica, wherein it is said to have been situated in a valley of Mount Anticragus, in Lycia, Anatolia; the present-day village of Kayaköy is believed to have been built on the same site.
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Carmylessus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly