Aphetae

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφεταί (Aphetaí).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.pʰe.tae̯/, [ˈäpʰɛt̪äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.fe.te/, [ˈäːfet̪e]

Aphetae f pl (genitive Aphetārum); first declension

1. A port town of Thessaly, occupied by the Persian fleet previous to the battle of Artemisium

• “Aphetae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly