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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φιλομήλιον (Philomḗlion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Philomēlium n sg (genitive Philomēliī or Philomēlī); second declension
- A town of Phrygia situated on the road from Synnada to Iconium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
References
- Philomelium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Philomelium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly