Thespiae

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεσπιαί (Thespiaí).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Thespiae f pl (genitive Thespiārum); first declension

  1. An ancient city of Boeotia situated at the foot of the mount Helicon

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

plural
nominative Thespiae
genitive Thespiārum
dative Thespiīs
accusative Thespiās
ablative Thespiīs
vocative Thespiae
locative Thespiīs
  • Thespius
  • Thespiacus
  • Thespias

References

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