Pella

See also: pella, and pełła

English

An archaeological site at Pella

Etymology

From Latin Pella from Ancient Greek Πέλλα (Pélla), from Ancient Greek πέλλα (pélla) (presumably from an earlier *πέλσα) from Proto-Indo-European *pels- (“stone”). Cognates include Irish aill (“boulder, cliff”), Pashto پرښه (parša, “rock, rocky ledge”), Sanskrit पाषाण m (pāṣāṇa) / पाषी f (pāṣī, “stone”), Proto-Germanic *falisaz, English fell (“rocky ridge”), Old Norse fell / fjall (“mountain”), German Fels (“rock, cliff”)

Proper noun

Pella

1. (historical) An ancient city, capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.
2. A regional unit of Greece in its periphery of Central Macedonia.
3. A town of Greece in Central Macedonia.

Anagrams

• lapel, lepal

Latin

Alternative forms

• Pellē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέλλα (Pélla).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpel.la/, [ˈpɛlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpel.la/, [ˈpɛlːä]

Proper noun

Pella f sg (genitive Pellae); first declension

1. Pella

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pella
genitive	Pellae
dative	Pellae
accusative	Pellam
ablative	Pellā
vocative	Pella
locative	Pellae

Derived terms

• Pellaeus

References

• “Pella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Pella”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly