proper noun · femininefirst declension
Pella
Pella f sg (genitive Pellae)
Classical[ˈpɛl.la]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛl.la]
Meaning
- femininesingularPella
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pella | — |
| genitive | Pellae | — |
| dative | Pellae | — |
| accusative | Pellam | — |
| ablative | Pellā | — |
| vocative | Pella | — |
| locative | Pellae | — |
Pella, ae, and Pellē, ēs, f., = Πέλλα,
I. a city of remote antiquity in Macedonia, the birthplace of Alexander the Great, now Alaklisi, or Apostolus, Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 34; Liv. 44, 46; 36, 7; 42, 51; Cic. Att. 3, 8, 2.— Hence,
II. Pellaeus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pella, Pellœan.
A. Lit.:
unus Pellaeo juveni non sufficit orbis, i.e. for Alexander, Juv. 10, 168; also: ductor, Luc. 3, 233: tyrannus, Mart. 9, 44, 7: Pellaeus Eoum qui domuit Porum, Claud. II. Cons. Honor. 373: Pellaeo ponte Niphaten adstrinxit, Sil. 13, 765: Pellaei proles vesana Philippi, Luc. 10, 20.—B. Transf.
2. Alexandrian (because Alexander founded Alexandria, in Egypt):
Pellaeae arces, Luc. 9, 153: muri, id. 10, 511: gula (because the Alexandrians were famous gourmands), Mart. 13, 85.—3. In a gen. sense, Egyptian:
Pellaei gens fortunata Canopi, Verg. G. 4, 287: puer, i.e. Ptolemy, Luc. 8, 607; also: rex, id. 9, 1016; cf. diadema, id. 5, 60: sceptra, Sil. 11, 383: domus, the palace of the Ptolemies, Luc. 8, 475.Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέλλα (Pélla).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyPellaPella (Πέλλα, Hdt. 7.123; Thuc. 2.99, 100; Strab. vii. pp. 320, 323, 330, Fr. 22, 23: Ptol. 3.13.39, 8.12.8; Plin. Nat. 4.17; Itin. Anton.; Itin. Hier…GeographyPellaPella (Πέλλα: Eth. Πελλαῖος). 1. A city of Palestine, and one of the towns of Decapolis in the Peraea, being the most northerly place in the latter di…