Bisaltia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Bīsaltica

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βισαλτία (Bisaltía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /biːˈsal.ti.a/, [biːˈs̠äɫ̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /biˈsal.t͡si.a/, [biˈs̬ält̪͡s̪iä]

Proper noun

Bīsaltia f sg (genitive Bīsaltiae); first declension

1. An ancient region in Macedonia, in modern Greece, extending from the river Strymon to the lake Cercinitis

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Bīsaltia
genitive	Bīsaltiae
dative	Bīsaltiae
accusative	Bīsaltiam
ablative	Bīsaltiā
vocative	Bīsaltia

Related terms

• Bīsaltae

References

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