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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δαυλίς (Daulís).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Daulis f sg (genitive Daulidis); third declension
- A city of Phocis, celebrated as the scene of the fable of Tereus, Progne and Philomela
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), with locative, singular only.
1In poetry.
References
- “Daulis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Daulis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Daulis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly