Hispalis

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔𐤐𐤋𐤄 (šplh /⁠sefela⁠/, “valley, plain”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhis.pa.lis/, [ˈhɪs̠pälʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.pa.lis/, [ˈispälis]

Proper noun

Hispalis f sg (genitive Hispalis); third declension

1. Seville (the capital city of modern Andalusia, Spain)
2. Seville (a province of modern Andalusia, Spain)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hispalis
Genitive	Hispalis
Dative	Hispalī
Accusative	Hispalem
Ablative	Hispale
Vocative	Hispalis
Locative	Hispalī Hispale

Derived terms

• Hispalēnsis

Descendants

• → Arabic: إِشْبِيلِيَة

References

• “Hispalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hispalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Hispalis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Hispalis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly