Harpleia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅρπλεια (Hárpleia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /harˈplei̯.a/, [härˈpɫ̪ɛi̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈplei̯.a/, [ärˈplɛi̯ä]

Proper noun

Harpleia f sg (genitive Harpleiae); first declension

1. a town of Laconia situated upon the slopes of Mount Taygetus

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Harpleia
genitive	Harpleiae
dative	Harpleiae
accusative	Harpleiam
ablative	Harpleiā
vocative	Harpleia
locative	Harpleiae

References

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