Pharsalus

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English

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Etymology

Via Latin Pharsalus, from Ancient Greek Φάρσαλος (Phársalos)

Proper noun

Pharsalus

  1. An ancient city in Phthiotis in the modern Fthiotida prefecture, Greece

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φάρσαλος (Phársalos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pharsālus m sg (genitive Pharsālī); second declension

  1. a city of Thessaly where Caesar defeated Pompey

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pharsālus
Genitive Pharsālī
Dative Pharsālō
Accusative Pharsālum
Ablative Pharsālō
Vocative Pharsāle
Locative Pharsālī

References

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