Ampheia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄμφεια (Ámpheia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰei̯.a/, [ämˈpʰɛi̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈfei̯.a/, [ämˈfɛi̯ä]

Proper noun

Ampheia f sg (genitive Ampheiae); first declension

1. a town of Messenia situated near the borders of Laconia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ampheia
Genitive	Ampheiae
Dative	Ampheiae
Accusative	Ampheiam
Ablative	Ampheiā
Vocative	Ampheia
Locative	Ampheiae

References

• “Ampheia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly