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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποτίδαια (Potídaia).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Potidaea f sg (genitive Potidaeae); first declension
- An ancient city of Macedonia, situated in the narrowest point of the peninsula of Pallene
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Potidaea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Potidaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.