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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαραθήσιον (Marathḗsion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Marathēsium n sg (genitive Marathēsiī or Marathēsī); second declension
- A town of Lydia situated near Ephesus
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Marathesium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Marathesium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly