Thermopylae

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English

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Etymology

From Latin Thermopylae, from Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Thermopylae

  1. 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.
    Synonym: Hot Gates

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Further reading

  • Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)
  • Fictional Portayals

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Thermopylae f pl (genitive Thermopylārum); first declension

  1. Thermopylae (a pass in Greece)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

plural
nominative Thermopylae
genitive Thermopylārum
dative Thermopylīs
accusative Thermopylās
ablative Thermopylīs
vocative Thermopylae
locative Thermopylīs

Descendants

  • → English: Thermopylae

Further reading

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