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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λιλύβαιον (Lilúbaion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Lilybaeum n sg (genitive Lilybaeī); second declension
- an ancient Carthaginian city on the island of Sicily, modern Italy; now Marsala
- A promontory that forms the western point of the island of Sicily
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
See also
References
- “Lilybaeum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lilybaeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.