Pherae

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φέραι (Phérai).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pherae f pl (genitive Pherārum); first declension

  1. a city of Thessaly and legendary residence of Admetus and Eumelus
  2. a city of Messenia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

plural
nominative Pherae
genitive Pherārum
dative Pherīs
accusative Pherās
ablative Pherīs
vocative Pherae
locative Pherīs

Derived terms

  • Pheraeus

References

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