Pherae

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φέραι (Phérai).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe.rae̯/, [ˈpʰɛräe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.re/, [ˈfɛːre]

Proper noun

Pherae f pl (genitive Pherārum); first declension

1. a city of Thessaly and legendary residence of Admetus and Eumelus
2. a city of Messenia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Pherae
Genitive	Pherārum
Dative	Pherīs
Accusative	Pherās
Ablative	Pherīs
Vocative	Pherae
Locative	Pherīs

Derived terms

• Pheraeus

References

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