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Paphos

Paphos

English

Proper noun

Paphos

A city in Cyprus, known in antiquity as the birthplace of Aphrodite.

Translations

city in Cyprus

French: Paphos
Greek: Πάφος (el) f ‎(Páfos)
Ancient: Πάφος f ‎(Páphos)

Italian: Pafo
Latin: Paphus f, Paphos f
Turkish: Baf

French

Proper noun

Paphos

Paphos (town in Cyprus)

Latin

Proper noun

Paphos f ‎(genitive Paphī); second declension

Alternative form of Paphus

Declension

Second declension, Greek type, with locative.

Case	Singular
nominative	Paphos
genitive	Paphī
dative	Paphō
accusative	Paphon Paphum
ablative	Paphō
vocative	Paphe
locative	Paphī

References

Paphos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Paphos”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.