proper noun · femininefirst declension
Palaestīna
Palaestīna f sg (genitive Palaestīnae)
Classical[pa.ɫae̯sˈtiː.na]Ecclesiastical[pa.lesˈtiː.na]
Meaning
- Palestine (a province of the Roman Empire in Levant, Asia)
Orosius’ History Against the Pagans Aegyptus inferior ab oriente habet Palaestīnam, ab occasū Libyam, ab septentriōne mare Nōstrum...
Lower Egypt has Palestine to its east, Libya to its west, the Mediterranean to its north... - New LatinPalestine (a country in Western Asia)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Palaestīna | — |
| genitive | Palaestīnae | — |
| dative | Palaestīnae | — |
| accusative | Palaestīnam | — |
| ablative | Palaestīnā | — |
| vocative | Palaestīna | — |
| locative | Palaestīnae | — |
Pălaestīnă (Pălest-), ae, and Pă-laestīnē, ēs, f., = Παλαιστίνη,
I. the country of Palestine, in Syria, Mel. 1, 11, 2; Plin. 5, 12, 13, § 66 sq.—Hence,
A. Pă-laestīnus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Palestine:
aqua, the Euphrates, Ov. F. 2, 464: Syrus, Tib. 1, 8, 17 (7, 18): Palaestini simul Hebraeique liquores, Stat. S. 5, 1, 213. —In plur.: Pălaestīni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Palestine, Ov. M. 4, 46; Hier. in Isa. 14, 29; the Philistines, Vulg. Gen. 21, 33.—B. Pălaestīnensis, e, adj., Palestinian, Spart. Sev. 9.
Origins
From Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē), from Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת (p'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”).
Descendants
- CatalanPalestina
- FrenchPalestine
- ItalianPalestina
- EnglishPalestinefrom Old English Palestina
- PortuguesePalestinafrom Old Galician-Portuguese Palestina
- SpanishPalestinafrom Old Spanish Palestina
- RomanianPalestina
- TranslingualPalaestina
- AsturianPalestina
- IndonesianPalestinafrom Dutch Palestina