Pharsalia

English

Etymology

From Latin Pharsālia (“the region of Pharsalus”), borrowed as a title for Lucan's poem from a line in the work itself: “Pharsālia nostra / vīvet” (“Our Pharsalia / will live”, book 9, lines 985–6). The original Latin title was Dē Bellō Cīvīlī (“On the Civil War”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfɑːˈseɪli.ə/
Rhymes: -eɪliə

Proper noun

Pharsalia

An epic poem by the Roman poet Lucan describing Caesar's Civil War.
(historical) The Battle of Pharsalus of 48 B.C.E.
- 1931, Ernst Kantorowicz, Emily Lorimer, transl., Frederick the Second, page 202:
  […] much as Caesar's tale of portents on the day of Pharsalia, showed Caesar in harmony with the Roman Pantheon.
(historical) The region around Pharsalus (modern Farsala), a Greek town.

Derived terms

Pharsalian

Translations

poem by Lucan

Bulgarian: Фарсалия f (Farsalija)
Catalan: Farsàlia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 法沙利亞／法沙利亚 (Fǎshālìyǎ), 內戰紀／内战纪 (Nèizhànjì)
Czech: Farsalské pole n pl
French: Pharsale (fr) f
German: Pharsalia f
Greek: Φαρσάλια f (Farsália)
Hungarian: Pharsalia
Italian: Farsaglia f, Pharsalia f
Japanese: ファルサリア (Farusaria), パルサリア (Parusaria), 内乱 (ja) (Nairan)
Korean: 파르살리아 (Pareusallia)
Latin: Pharsālia f, Dē Bellō Cīvīlī
Occitan: Farsàlia f
Polish: Farsalia f
Portuguese: Farsália f
Romanian: Farsalia f
Russian: Фарсалия f (Farsalija)
Spanish: Farsalia f
Turkish: Pharsalia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φᾰρσᾱλῐ́ᾱ (Pharsālíā).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰarˈsaː.li.a/, [pʰärˈs̠äːlʲiä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /farˈsa.li.a/, [färˈsäːliä]

Proper noun

Pharsālia f sg (genitive Pharsāliae); first declension

The region around Pharsalus.
The Battle of Pharsalus of 48 B.C.E.
Lucan's poem, the Pharsalia.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pharsālia
Genitive	Pharsāliae
Dative	Pharsāliae
Accusative	Pharsāliam
Ablative	Pharsāliā
Vocative	Pharsālia

References

Pharsalia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
“Pharsalia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers