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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Φίλαι (Phílai), from Demotic p-ꜣlq, from Late Egyptian p(ꜣ)-jw-rq (“Philae”, literally “the Island of the Turning”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Philae f pl (genitive Philārum); first declension
- a small island in the Nile situated near Syene
- a city near this island
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
References
- “Philae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Philae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Philae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.