Galilaea

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Γᾰλῑλαίᾱ (Galīlaíā, Galilee), from the Biblical Hebrew הַגָּלִיל (Hagalíl).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Galīlaea f sg (genitive Galīlaeae); first declension

  1. Galilee (a province in northern Palestine)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Galīlaea
genitive Galīlaeae
dative Galīlaeae
accusative Galīlaeam
ablative Galīlaeā
vocative Galīlaea

Derived terms

References

  • Gălīlaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Gălĭlæa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 701/3.