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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Χαιρώνεια (Khairṓneia).
Proper noun
Chaeronea
- A village in Boeotia, Greece.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χαιρώνεια (Khairṓneia).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chaerōnēa f sg (genitive Chaerōnēae); first declension
- A town of Boeotia situated near the Cephisus and the borders of Phocis and birthplace of Plutarch
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Chaeronea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Chaeronea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Chaeronea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly