Oechalia

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἰχαλία (Oikhalía).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Oechalia f sg (genitive Oechaliae); first declension

  1. A city of Messenia
  2. A city in Euboea
  3. A city in Thessaly
  4. A city in Aetolia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

References

  • Oechalia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Oechalia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Oechalia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly