Thermopylae
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English
Etymology
From Latin Thermopylae, from Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /θɚˈmɑpɪli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θəˈmɒpɪli/
- Hyphenation: Ther‧mop‧y‧lae
Proper noun
Thermopylae
- A narrow pass on the east-central coast of Greece adjacent to the Maliakos Gulf, northwest of Athens. Its name is derived from its hot sulphur springs. It was the site of the Battle of Thermopylae, at which the Spartan King Leonidas stood off, for a time, the Persian armies of Xerxes.
Translations
narrow pass in eastern Greece
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Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tʰerˈmo.py.lae̯/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /terˈmo.pi.le/,
Proper noun
Thermopylae f pl (genitive Thermopylārum); first declension
- Thermopylae (a pass in Greece)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Thermopylae |
| Genitive | Thermopylārum |
| Dative | Thermopylīs |
| Accusative | Thermopylās |
| Ablative | Thermopylīs |
| Vocative | Thermopylae |
| Locative | Thermopylīs |
Further reading
- “Thermopylae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press