Galilaea

See also: galilaea

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Γᾰλῑλαίᾱ (Galīlaíā, “Galilee”), from the Biblical Hebrew הַגָּלִיל (Hagalíl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡa.liːˈlae̯.a/, [ɡälʲiːˈɫ̪äe̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡa.liˈle.a/, [ɡäliˈlɛːä]

Proper noun

Galīlaea f sg (genitive Galīlaeae); first declension

1. Galilee (a province in northern Palestine)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Galīlaea
Genitive	Galīlaeae
Dative	Galīlaeae
Accusative	Galīlaeam
Ablative	Galīlaeā
Vocative	Galīlaea

Derived terms

• Galīlaeī
• Galīlaeus

References

• “Gălīlaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Gălĭlæa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 701/3.