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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φιντίας (Phintías).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phintiās m sg (genitive Phintiae); first declension
- a tyrant of Agrigentum
- A city on the south coast of Sicily, situated between Agrigentum and Gela
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- Phintias in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Phintias”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly