Ampheia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄμφεια (Ámpheia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /amˈpʰei̯.a/, [ämˈpʰɛi̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈfei̯.a/, [ämˈfɛi̯ä]

Proper noun

Ampheia f sg (genitive Ampheiae); first declension

1. a town of Messenia situated near the borders of Laconia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ampheia
genitive	Ampheiae
dative	Ampheiae
accusative	Ampheiam
ablative	Ampheiā
vocative	Ampheia
locative	Ampheiae

References

• “Ampheia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly