proper noun · femininefirst declension
Phila
Phila f sg (genitive Philae)
Classical[ˈpʰɪ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[ˈfiː.la]
Meaning
- femininesingularAn island of the Mediterranean situated near the Stoechades
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Phila | — |
| genitive | Philae | — |
| dative | Philae | — |
| accusative | Philam | — |
| ablative | Philā | — |
| vocative | Phila | — |
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φίλα (Phíla).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
Biography & mythologyPhilaPhila. 2. Daughter of Antipater, the regent of Macedonia, is celebated as one of the noblest and most virtuous women of the age in which she lived. He…GeographyPhilaPhila (Φίλα), a frontier fortress of Macedonia towards Magnesia, and distant 5 M. P. from Heracleia, which stood near the mouth of the Peneus, on the …GeographyPhilaPhila one of the small islands on the south coast of Gallia, which Pliny (3.5) enumerates between the Stoechades (Isles d'Hières) and Lero and Lerina …