proper noun · neutersecond declension
Cypsela
Cypsela n pl (genitive Cypselōrum)
Classical[ˈkyp.sɛ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃip.se.la]
Meaning
- neuterpluralA town on the river Hebrus, now İpsala
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Cypsela |
| genitive | — | Cypselōrum |
| dative | — | Cypselīs |
| accusative | — | Cypsela |
| ablative | — | Cypselīs |
| vocative | — | Cypsela |
| locative | — | Cypselīs |
Cypsĕla, ōrum, n., = Κύψελα,
I. a town in Thrace, on the Hebrus, now Ipsala, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 43; Liv. 31, 16; 38, 40.—Also Cypsĕla, ae, f., Mel. 2, 2, 6.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κύψελα (Kúpsela).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyCypselaCypsela (Κύψελα: Eth. Κυψελῖνος), a fortress in the district of Parrhasia in Arcadia, which was occupied and fortified by the Mantineians in the Pelop…GeographyCypselaCypsela (Κύψελα), a town on the river Hebrus in Thrace, which was once an important place on the via Egnatia. It is the same as the modern Ipsala, or …