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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κεγχρεαί (Kenkhreaí).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cenchreae f pl (genitive Cenchreārum); first declension
- a port-town of Corinthus, situated on the Saronic gulf
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
References
- “Cenchreae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Cenchreae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Cenchreae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.