Thermopylae

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Thermopylae, from Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /θɚˈmɑpɪli/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θəˈmɒpɪli/ Hyphenation: Ther‧mop‧y‧lae === Proper noun === Thermopylae A narrow pass on the east-central coast of Greece adjacent to the Maliakos Gulf, northwest of Athens. Its name is derived from its hot sulphur springs. It was the site of the Battle of Thermopylae, at which the Spartan King Leonidas stood off, for a time, the Persian armies of Xerxes. Synonym: Hot Gates ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)[1] Fictional Portayals[2] == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tʰɛrˈmɔ.py.ɫae̯] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [terˈmɔː.pi.le] === Proper noun === Thermopylae f pl (genitive Thermopylārum); first declension Thermopylae (a narrow mountain pass in east-central Greece, site of a famous ancient battle) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, plural only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Thermopylae === Further reading === “Thermopylae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press