Pellene

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πελλήνη (Pellḗnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pelˈleː.neː/, [pɛlˈlʲeːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pelˈle.ne/, [pelˈlɛːne]

Proper noun

Pellēnē f sg (genitive Pellēnēs); first declension

1. A city of Achaia situated between Aegira and Sicyon

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pellēnē
genitive	Pellēnēs
dative	Pellēnae
accusative	Pellēnēn
ablative	Pellēnē
vocative	Pellēnē
locative	Pellēnae

Derived terms

• Pellēnēnsis

Related terms

• Pellēnaeus

References

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