Doclea

Latin

Alternative forms

• Dioclea

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Διοκλεία (Diokleía), from Διός (Diós, “Zeus”) +‎ κλέος (kléos, “glory”): “glory of Zeus”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.kle.a/, [ˈd̪ɔkɫ̪eä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.kle.a/, [ˈd̪ɔːkleä]

Proper noun

Doclea f sg (genitive Docleae); first declension

1. A city in Dalmatia, whose ruins are situated not far from Podgorica

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Doclea
genitive	Docleae
dative	Docleae
accusative	Docleam
ablative	Docleā
vocative	Doclea
locative	Docleae

Derived terms

• Dioclētiānus

Related terms

• Docleās

References

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