Mespila

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μέσπιλα (Méspila).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛs.pɪ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛs.pi.la]

Mespila f sg (genitive Mespilae); first declension

1. An ancient city of Assyria, now probably Mosul

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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