Palaestina

• Palaestīna: (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.lae̯sˈtiː.na/, [päɫ̪äe̯s̠ˈt̪iːnä]
• Palaestīna: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.lesˈti.na/, [pälesˈt̪iːnä]
• Palaestīnā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa.lae̯sˈtiː.naː/, [päɫ̪äe̯s̠ˈt̪iːnäː]
• Palaestīnā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.lesˈti.na/, [pälesˈt̪iːnä]

From Ancient Greek Παλαιστίνη (Palaistínē), likely folk etymology based on adaptation of Biblical Hebrew פְּלֶשֶׁת‎ (P'léshet, “Philistia, land of the Philistines”) to παλαιστής (palaistḗs, “wrestler”); compare the similar folk etymology in Ἱερουσᾱλήμ (Hierousālḗm, “Jerusalem”), adapted to the word ἱερός (hierós, “holy”).

• Palaestīnē, Palēstīna

Palaestīna f sg (genitive Palaestīnae); first declension

1. Palestine

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• palaestīnēnsis, Palaestīnēnsis
• Palaestīnus

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Palaestīna

1. inflection of Palaestīnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Palaestīnā

1. ablative feminine singular of Palaestīnus

• “Palaestina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Palaestina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette