Meliboea

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελίβοια (Melíboia).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Meliboea f sg (genitive Meliboeae); first declension

  1. A town of Thessaly situated on the coast near Mount Ossa

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Meliboea
genitive Meliboeae
dative Meliboeae
accusative Meliboeam
ablative Meliboeā
vocative Meliboea
locative Meliboeae

Derived terms

  • Meliboeus

References

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