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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λέχαιον (Lékhaion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lechaeum n sg (genitive Lechaeī); second declension
- a port-town near Corinthus, connected with the city by the Long Walls
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
References
- Lechaeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Lechaeum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly