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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Φθιῶτις (Phthiôtis).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phthiotis
- A regional unit of Greece
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φθιῶτις (Phthiôtis).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phthīōtis f sg (genitive Phthīōtidis); third declension
- An ancient district of Thessaly, in modern Greece
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Phthia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Phthiotis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Thessalia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly