Philae

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φίλαι (Phílai), from Demotic p-ꜣlq, from Late Egyptian p(ꜣ)-jw-rq (“Philae”, literally “the Island of the Turning”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰi.lae̯/, [ˈpʰɪɫ̪äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.le/, [ˈfiːle]

Proper noun

Philae f pl (genitive Philārum); first declension

1. a small island in the Nile situated near Syene
2. a city near this island

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Philae
Genitive	Philārum
Dative	Philīs
Accusative	Philās
Ablative	Philīs
Vocative	Philae
Locative	Philīs

References

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