Trachis

Latin

Alternative forms

• Trāchīn

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τραχίς (Trakhís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtraː.kʰiːs/, [ˈt̪räːkʰiːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.kis/, [ˈt̪räːkis]

Proper noun

Trāchīs f sg (genitive Trāchīnis); third declension

1. a town of Thessaly situated on Mount Oeta, where Hercules died

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Trāchīs
Genitive	Trāchīnis
Dative	Trāchīnī
Accusative	Trāchīnem
Ablative	Trāchīne
Vocative	Trāchīs
Locative	Trāchīnī Trāchīne

Related terms

• Trāchīnius
• Trāchīniae

References

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