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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Φθία (Phthía).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phthia
- A city in ancient Thessaly, Greece.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φθία (Phthía).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phthīa f sg (genitive Phthīae); first declension
- A city of Thessaly and birthplace of Achilles
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Phthia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Phthia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.