Sphacteria

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σφακτηρίᾱ (Sphaktēríā).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [spʰakˈteː.ri.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [sfakˈt̪ɛː.ri.a]

Sphactēria f sg (genitive Sphactēriae); first declension

1. An island situated in front of Pylus, in Messenia

First-declension noun, singular only.

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