Matalia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ματαλία (Matalía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /maˈta.li.a/, [mäˈt̪älʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈta.li.a/, [mäˈt̪äːliä]

Proper noun

Matalia f sg (genitive Mataliae); first declension

1. A town in Crete near the headland of Matala

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Matalia
Genitive	Mataliae
Dative	Mataliae
Accusative	Mataliam
Ablative	Mataliā
Vocative	Matalia
Locative	Mataliae

References

• “Matalia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly