Aetolia

See also: Ætolia

English

Map showing the major regions of mainland ancient Greece, and adjacent "barbarian" lands

Alternative forms

• Ætolia (dated)
• Aitolia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iːˈtəʊ.liː.ə/

Proper noun

Aetolia

2. A mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania.

Derived terms

• Aetolia-Acarnania

 

Translations

region of Greece

• Finnish: Aitolia
• French: Étolie (fr) f
• Greek: Αιτωλία (el) f (Aitolía)

  Ancient: Αἰτωλία f (Aitōlía)

• Irish: an Aetóil f
• Italian: Etolia f
• Polish: Etolia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Etólia f
• Russian: Это́лия (ru) (Etólija)
• Spanish: Etolia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰτωλία (Aitōlía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯ˈtoː.li.a/, [äe̯ˈt̪oːlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈto.li.a/, [eˈt̪ɔːliä]

Proper noun

Aetōlia f sg (genitive Aetōliae); first declension

1. Aetolia (A mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern prefecture of Aetolia-Acarnania)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aetōlia
Genitive	Aetōliae
Dative	Aetōliae
Accusative	Aetōliam
Ablative	Aetōliā
Vocative	Aetōlia

Related terms

• Aetōlicus
• Aetōlis
• Aetōlius
• Aetōlus

References

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