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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεσπιαί (Thespiaí).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Thespiae f pl (genitive Thespiārum); first declension
- An ancient city of Boeotia situated at the foot of the mount Helicon
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
References
- “Thespiae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Thespiae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Thespiae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.