Melitaea

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελίτεια (Melíteia).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.liˈtae̯.a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.liˈte.a/,

Proper noun

Melitaea f sg (genitive Melitaeae); first declension

A town of Phthiotis in Thessaly, situated near the river Enipeus

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Melitaea
genitive	Melitaeae
dative	Melitaeae
accusative	Melitaeam
ablative	Melitaeā
vocative	Melitaea

References

Melitaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Melitaea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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