Chaeronea

See also: Chæronea

English

Alternative forms

• Chæronea

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χαιρώνεια (Khairṓneia).

Proper noun

Chaeronea

1. A village in Boeotia, Greece.

Anagrams

• Eoarchean

Latin

Alternative forms

• Chaerōneia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Χαιρώνεια (Khairṓneia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kʰae̯.roːˈneː.a/, [kʰäe̯roːˈneːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ke.roˈne.a/, [keroˈnɛːä]

Proper noun

Chaerōnēa f sg (genitive Chaerōnēae); first declension

1. A town of Boeotia situated near the Cephisus and the borders of Phocis and birthplace of Plutarch

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Chaerōnēa
Genitive	Chaerōnēae
Dative	Chaerōnēae
Accusative	Chaerōnēam
Ablative	Chaerōnēā
Vocative	Chaerōnēa
Locative	Chaerōnēae

References

• “Chaeronea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Chaeronea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Chaeronea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly