Daulis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δαυλίς (Daulís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdau̯.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdaːu̯.lis]

Proper noun

Daulis f sg (genitive Daulidis); third declension

1. A city of Phocis, celebrated as the scene of the fable of Tereus, Progne and Philomela

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Daulis
genitive	Daulidis
dative	Daulidī
accusative	Daulida
ablative	Daulide
vocative	Daulis Dauli1
locative	Daulidī Daulide

¹In poetry.

Related terms

• Daulias

References

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