Resapha

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥησάφα (Rhēsápha).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈreː.sa.pʰa/, [ˈreːs̠äpʰä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.sa.fa/, [ˈrɛːs̬äfä]

Proper noun

Rēsapha f sg (genitive Rēsaphae); first declension

1. A city of Palmyrene mentioned by Ptolemy

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Rēsapha
genitive	Rēsaphae
dative	Rēsaphae
accusative	Rēsapham
ablative	Rēsaphā
vocative	Rēsapha
locative	Rēsaphae

References

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