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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τιλφώσσιον (Tilphṓssion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Tilphōssium n sg (genitive Tilphōssiī or Tilphōssī); second declension
- A mountain of Boeotia, situated on the southern side of the lake Copais
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Tilphossium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly