Thermopylae

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Thermopylae, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θəɹˈmɒpɨliː/

Proper noun

Thermopylae

1. A narrow pass on the East-central coast of Greece adjacent to the Maliakos Gulf, northwest of Athens. Its name is derived from its hot sulphur springs. It was the site of the Battle of Thermopylae, at which the Spartan King Leonidas stood off, for a time, the Persian armies of Xerxes.

Translations

narrow pass in eastern Greece

• Armenian: Թերմոպիլե (hy) (Tʻermopile)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 温泉关

• Danish: Thermopylæ
• Greek:

  Ancient: Θερμοπύλαι f pl (Thermopúlai)

• Icelandic: Laugaskarð n
• Irish: Tearmápalae m, Bearnas Thearmápalae m
• Italian: Termopili f pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: Thermopylae f pl
• Marathi: थर्मोपाय्ले (tharmopāyle)
• Polish: Termopile (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: Termópilas f pl
• Russian: Фермопи́лы pl (Fermopíly)
• Spanish: Termópilas f pl

References

• Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)[1]
• Fictional Portayals[2]

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai).

Proper noun

Thermopylae f pl (genitive Thermopylārum); first declension

1. Thermopylae

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Thermopylae
Genitive	Thermopylārum
Dative	Thermopylīs
Accusative	Thermopylās
Ablative	Thermopylīs
Vocative	Thermopylae
Locative	Thermopylīs

References

• “Thermopylae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press