Arelate

Latin

Alternative forms

• Arelās, Arelātum, Arelātus

Etymology

Gaulish/Celtic name meaning "on the marsh," corresponding to modern Welsh ar- (“in front of”) + llaith (“marsh”).

The arena of Arles

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.reˈlaː.teː/, [ärɛˈɫ̪äːt̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.reˈla.te/, [äreˈläːt̪e]

Proper noun

Arelātē n (indeclinable)

1. A city in Gallia Narbonensis, now Arles

Derived terms

• Arelātēnsis

References

• “Arelate”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Arelate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Milles, Edmund James (1904): The secret of Petrarch