Aethalia

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See also: aethalia, æthalia, and Æthalia

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰθᾰ́λειᾰ (Aitháleia); the form taken is that of its variant, Αἰθᾰλῐ́ᾱ (Aithalíā).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Aethalia f sg (genitive Aethaliae); first declension

  1. An island near Ephesus, in modern Turkey
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Livy to this entry?)
  2. Synonym of Chios (Chios: an island in the eastern Aegaean Sea)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
  3. Synonym of Ilva, Elba (the largest island of the Tuscan Archipelago, in the Tyrrhenian Sea)
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Aethalia
Genitive Aethaliae
Dative Aethaliae
Accusative Aethaliam
Ablative Aethaliā
Vocative Aethalia
Locative Aethaliae

References[edit]

  • Æthălĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 82/2.