Hispalis
Latin
Etymology
Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /sefela/, “valley, plain”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhɪs.pa.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈis.pa.lis]
Proper noun
Hispalis f sg (genitive Hispalis); third declension
- Seville (the capital city of modern Andalusia, Spain)
- Seville (a province of modern Andalusia, Spain)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Hispalis |
| genitive | Hispalis |
| dative | Hispalī |
| accusative | Hispalem |
| ablative | Hispale |
| vocative | Hispalis |
| locative | Hispalī Hispale |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Arabic: إِشْبِيلِيَة
References
- “Hispalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hispalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Hispalis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Hispalis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly