Sperchiae

Latin

Etymology

From Sperchēus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsper.kʰi.ae̯/, [ˈs̠pɛrkʰiäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsper.ki.e/, [ˈspɛrkie]

Proper noun

Sperchiae f pl (genitive Sperchiārum); first declension

1. A town of Thessaly situated near the sources of the river Spercheus

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Sperchiae
Genitive	Sperchiārum
Dative	Sperchiīs
Accusative	Sperchiās
Ablative	Sperchiīs
Vocative	Sperchiae
Locative	Sperchiīs

References

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