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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κασταλία (Kastalía).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Castalia f sg (genitive Castaliae); first declension
- (Greek mythology) a nymph transormed into a fountain
- An ancient spring in Delphi, in modern Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses
- A settlement in Cilicia, in modern Turkey
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
References
- “Castalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Castalia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Castalia Fons”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “Castalia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly