Pharsalia
English
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
Pharsalia
- /ˌfɑːˈseɪli.ə/ UK
Rhymes with -eɪliə
Where it comes from
From Latin Pharsālia (“the region of Pharsalus”), borrowed as a title for Lucan's poem from a line in the work itself: “Pharsālia nostra / vīvet” (“Our Pharsalia / will live”, book 9, lines 985–6). The original Latin title was Dē Bellō Cīvīlī (“On the Civil War”).
proper noun
- An epic poem by the Roman poet Lucan describing Caesar's Civil War.
- The Battle of Pharsalus of 48 B.C.E. […] ev’ry Time he’s named Pharſalia rises to my View—I ſee Th’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter, His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood.
- The region around Pharsalus (modern Farsala), a Greek town.
Translations
Talk about this word "Pharsalia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pharsalia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Pharsalia. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pharsalia "Pharsalia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pharsalia.Cite this
@misc{pharsalia_2026,
title = {Pharsalia},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pharsalia},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
