proper noun · femininefirst declension
Castabala
Castabala f sg (genitive Castabalae)
Meaning
- femininesingulara city in Cappadocia situated not far from Tyana
- femininesingulara town in interior Cilicia situated on the road from Soli to Issus
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Castabala | — |
| genitive | Castabalae | — |
| dative | Castabalae | — |
| accusative | Castabalam | — |
| ablative | Castabalā | — |
| vocative | Castabala | — |
| locative | Castabalae | — |
Castăbăla, ōrum, and -lum, i, n.,
I. a town of Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93; Curt. 3, 7, 5.—Castăbălenses, its inhabitants, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 143.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καστάβαλα (Kastábala).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyCastabalaCastabala (τὰ Καστάβαλα), as it is called by Appian (Mlithrid. 100.105), by Ptolemy (5.8), by Pliny (5.27), who mentions it among the towns of the int…GeographyCastabalaCastabala (Καστάβαλα: Eth. Κασταβαλεν́ς), a city of Cilicia, one of the praefectures of Cappadocia. Strabo (p. 537) describes Castabala and Cybistra, …