Palaestina

• Palaestīna: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pa.ɫae̯sˈtiː.na]
• Palaestīna: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pa.lesˈt̪iː.na]
• Palaestīnā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pa.ɫae̯sˈtiː.naː]
• Palaestīnā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pa.lesˈt̪iː.na]

From Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē), derived from παλαιστής (palaistḗs, “wrestler”); compare perhaps Hebrew יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra'él), sometimes translated as “he wrestles with God”; (see there for more), from Biblical Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (P'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”).

• Palaestīnē, Palēstīna

Palaestīna f sg (genitive Palaestīnae); first declension

1. Palestine (a province of the Roman Empire in Levant, Asia)
2. (New Latin) Palestine (a country in Western Asia)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Palaestīna

1. inflection of Palaestīnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Palaestīnā

1. ablative feminine singular of Palaestīnus

• “Palaestina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Palaestina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.