Oechalia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Œchalia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἰχαλία (Oikhalía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oe̯ˈkʰa.li.a/, [oe̯ˈkʰälʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈka.li.a/, [eˈkäːliä]

Proper noun

Oechalia f sg (genitive Oechaliae); first declension

1. A city of Messenia
2. A city in Euboea
3. A city in Thessaly
4. A city in Aetolia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Oechalia
Genitive	Oechaliae
Dative	Oechaliae
Accusative	Oechaliam
Ablative	Oechaliā
Vocative	Oechalia
Locative	Oechaliae

Related terms

• Oechalis

References

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