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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Τραχίς (Trakhís).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Trāchīs f sg (genitive Trāchīnis); third declension
- a town of Thessaly situated on Mount Oeta, where Hercules died
Declension
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Trachin”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Trachin in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Trachis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly