Alaesa

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Halēsa, Halaesa, Alēsa === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄλαισα (Álaisa), variant of Ἅλαισα (Hálaisa). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈɫae̯.sa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈlɛː.s̬a] === Proper noun === Alaesa f sg (genitive Alaesae); first declension a city on the northern coast of Sicily of Siculian origin, situated between Calacte and Cephaloedium ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Halēsīnus, Halaesīnus, Alēsīnus === References === “Hălēsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Alaesa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Halaesa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.