Pharsalia

English Etymology From en la Pharsālia the region of en Pharsalus, borrowed as a title for Lucan's poem from a line in the work itself: “la Pharsālia la nostra / la vīvet” (“Our Pharsalia / will live”, book 9, lines 985–6). The original Latin title was la Dē Bellō Cīvīlī On the Civil War. Pronunciation en /ˌfɑːˈseɪli.ə/ RP en eɪliə 4 Proper noun An en epic en poem by the Roman poet en Lucan describing Caesar's Civil War. en historical The Battle of Pharsalus of 48 1 ev’ry Time he’s namedPharſalia rises to my View—I ſeeTh’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the FieldStrow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter,His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood. en 1931 w:Ernst Kantorowicz w:Emily Lorimer Frederick the Second 202 much as Caesar's tale of portents on the day of Pharsalia, showed Caesar in harmony with the Roman Pantheon. en historical The region around en Pharsalus (modern Farsala), a en Greek en town. Derived terms en Pharsalian Translations poem by Lucan Bulgarian: bg Фарсалия f Catalan: ca Farsàlia f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 法沙利亞 Fǎshālìyǎ, cmn 內戰紀 Nèizhànjì Czech: cs Farsalské pole n-p French: fr Pharsale f German: de Pharsalia f Greek: el Φαρσάλια f Hungarian: hu Pharsalia Italian: it Farsaglia f, it Pharsalia f Japanese: ja ファルサリア Farusaria, ja パルサリア Parusaria, ja 内乱 Nairan Korean: ko ^파르살리아 Latin: la Pharsālia f, la Dē Bellō Cīvīlī Marathi: mr फारसालिया Occitan: oc Farsàlia f Polish: pl Farsalia f Portuguese: pt Farsália f Romanian: ro Farsalia f Russian: ru Фарсалия f Spanish: es Farsalia f Turkish: tr Pharsalia Latin Etymology la Pharsālia :bor grc:Φᾰρσᾱλῐ́ᾱ + 1 Pronunciation Pharsālia Proper noun Pharsālia<1> The region around en Pharsalus. The Battle of Pharsalus of 48 en Lucan's poem, the en Pharsalia. Declension Pharsālia<1> References