Pharsalus

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Via Latin Pharsalus, from Ancient Greek Φάρσαλος (Phársalos)

Proper noun[edit]

Pharsalus

  1. An ancient city in Phthiotis in the modern Fthiotida prefecture, Greece

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φάρσαλος (Phársalos).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Pharsālus m sg (genitive Pharsālī); second declension

  1. a city of Thessaly where Caesar defeated Pompey

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pharsālus
Genitive Pharsālī
Dative Pharsālō
Accusative Pharsālum
Ablative Pharsālō
Vocative Pharsāle
Locative Pharsālī

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

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