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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Φέραι (Phérai).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pherae f pl (genitive Pherārum); first declension
- a city of Thessaly and legendary residence of Admetus and Eumelus
- a city of Messenia
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
Derived terms
References
- “Pherae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Pherae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Pherae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.