Pharsalia

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Pharsālia (“the region of Pharsalus”), borrowed as a title for Lucan's poem from a line in the work itself: “Pharsālia nostra / vīvet” (“Our Pharsalia / will live”, book 9, lines 985–6). The original Latin title was Dē Bellō Cīvīlī (“On the Civil War”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfɑːˈseɪli.ə/ Rhymes: -eɪliə === Proper noun === Pharsalia An epic poem by the Roman poet Lucan describing Caesar's Civil War. (historical) The Battle of Pharsalus of 48 B.C.E. (historical) The region around Pharsalus (modern Farsala), a Greek town. ==== Derived terms ==== Pharsalian ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φᾰρσᾱλῐ́ᾱ (Phărsālĭ́ā). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pʰarˈsaː.li.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [farˈsaː.li.a] === Proper noun === Pharsālia f sg (genitive Pharsāliae); first declension The region around Pharsalus. The Battle of Pharsalus of 48 B.C.E. Lucan's poem, the Pharsalia. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Pharsalia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Pharsalia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers