Thermopylae

Thermopylae

English

Etymology

From Latin Thermopylae, from Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θəɹˈmɒpɨliː/

Proper noun

Thermopylae

1. A narrow pass on the East-central coast of Greece adjacent to the Maliakos Gulf, northwest of Athens. Its name is derived from its hot sulphur springs. It was the site of the Battle of Thermopylae, at which the Spartan King Leonidas stood off, for a time, the Persian armies of Xerxes.

Translations

narrow pass in eastern Greece

Armenian: Թերմոպիլե (Tʿermopile) Danish: Thermopylæ Greek: Ancient: Θερμοπύλαι f pl (Thermopúlai) Icelandic: Laugaskarð n Irish: Tearmápalae m, Bearnas Thearmápalae m Italian: Termopili f pl

Latin: Thermopylae f pl Marathi: थर्मोपाय्ले (tharmopāyle) Polish: Termopile (pl) f pl Portuguese: Termópilas f pl Russian: Фермопи́лы pl (Fermopíly) Spanish: Termópilas f pl

References

• Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)
• Fictional Portayals

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai).

Proper noun

Thermopylae f pl (genitive Thermopylārum); first declension

1. Thermopylae

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Thermopylae
Genitive	Thermopylārum
Dative	Thermopylīs
Accusative	Thermopylās
Ablative	Thermopylīs
Vocative	Thermopylae
Locative	Thermopylīs

References

• Thermopylae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press