Oeta

Latin

Alternative forms

• Oetē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἴτη (Oítē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoe̯.ta/, [ˈoe̯t̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ta/, [ˈɛːt̪ä]

Proper noun

Oeta f sg (genitive Oetae); first declension

1. A mountain of Thessaly, where Hercules ascended the funeral pile

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Oeta
genitive	Oetae
dative	Oetae
accusative	Oetam
ablative	Oetā
vocative	Oeta

References

• “Oeta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Oeta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Oeta”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly