Chelae

From Ancient Greek Χῆλαι (Khêlai).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰeː.ɫae̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɛː.le]

Chēlae f pl (genitive Chēlārum); first declension

1. a town on the coast of Bithynia, mentioned by Arrian

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

• “Chelae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly