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Latin
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λίβυσσα (Líbussa).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Libyssa f sg (genitive Libyssae); first declension
- A town of Bithynia situated on the road from Nicaea to Chalcedon
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Etymology 2
Adjective
Libyssa
- inflection of Libyssus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Adjective
Libyssā
- ablative feminine plural of Libyssus
References
- “Libyssa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly