Matalia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ματαλία (Matalía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /maˈta.li.a/, [mäˈt̪älʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /maˈta.li.a/, [mäˈt̪äːliä]

Proper noun

Matalia f sg (genitive Mataliae); first declension

1. A town in Crete near the headland of Matala

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Matalia
genitive	Mataliae
dative	Mataliae
accusative	Mataliam
ablative	Mataliā
vocative	Matalia
locative	Mataliae

References

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