Mespila

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέσπιλα (Méspila).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmes.pi.la/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmes.pi.la/,

Proper noun

Mespila f sg (genitive Mespilae); first declension

An ancient city of Assyria, now probably Mosul

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mespila
genitive	Mespilae
dative	Mespilae
accusative	Mespilam
ablative	Mespilā
vocative	Mespila
locative	Mespilae

References

“Mespila”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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