proper noun · femininefirst declension
Cilla
Cilla f sg (genitive Cillae)
Meaning
- femininesingulara town in Mysia
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Cilla | — |
| genitive | Cillae | — |
| dative | Cillae | — |
| accusative | Cillam | — |
| ablative | Cillā | — |
| vocative | Cilla | — |
| locative | Cillae | — |
Cilla, ae, f., = Κίλλα,
I. a town in Troas, distinguished for the worship of Apollo, Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 122; Sen. Troad. 227; acc. Cillan. Ov. M. 13, 174 (cf. Hom. Il. 1, 38).
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κίλλα (Kílla).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyCillaCilla (Κίλλα; Eth. Κιλλαῖος), a town of Mysia, mentioned in the Iliad (1.36), with Chryse and Tenedus. Herodotus (1.149) enumerates Cilia among the el…Biography & mythologyCillaCilla (Κίλλα), a daughter of Laomedon and Placia or Leucippe, and a sister of Priam. At the time when Hecabe was pregnant with Paris, the seer Aesacus…