Zotha

Latin

Alternative forms

• Zothalēs (manuscript variant)

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈzo.tʰa/, [ˈz̪ɔt̪ʰä]

Proper noun

Zotha ? sg (genitive Zothae); first declension

1. (hapax legomenon) A lake or river of Margiana, Central Asia, mentioned by Pliny
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 6.18.47:

     in qua Alexander Alexandriam condiderat, qua diruta a barbaris Antiochus Seleuci filius eodem loco restituit Syrianam interfluente Margo, qui corrivatur in Zotha lacu; maluerat illam Antiochiam appellari.

     This place having been destroyed by the barbarians, Antiochus,the son of Seleucus, rebuilt it on the same site as a Syrian city. For, seeing that it was watered by the Margus, which passes through it, and is afterwards divided into a number of streams for the irrigation of the district of Zothale, he restored it, but preferred giving it the name of Antiochia.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Zotha
genitive	Zothae
dative	Zothae
accusative	Zotham
ablative	Zothā
vocative	Zotha

References

• Zothales in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• H. Rackham, transl. (1942), Pliny: Natural History (Loeb Classical Library), volume 2, Books 3–7, page 372