Pharsalia

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UK/ˌfɑːˈseɪli.ə/

proper noun

An epic poem by the Roman poet Lucan describing Caesar's Civil War.

OriginLatin Pharsālia →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An epic poem by the Roman poet Lucan describing Caesar's Civil War.
  2. historicalThe Battle of Pharsalus of 48 B.C.E.

    […] much as Caesar's tale of portents on the day of Pharsalia, showed Caesar in harmony with the Roman Pantheon.

    1931, Ernst Kantorowicz, translated by Emily Lorimer, Frederick the Second, page 202
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    […] 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.

    1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1
  3. historicalThe region around Pharsalus (modern Farsala), a Greek town.

Origin

  1. LatinPharsālia“the region of Pharsalus”
  2. EnglishPharsalia

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”).

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Translations

Bulgarian Фарсалия
  • Фарсалия (Farsalija)poem by Lucan
Catalan Farsàlia
  • Farsàliapoem by Lucan
Chinese Mandarin 法沙利亞 /法沙利亚, 內戰紀 /内战纪
  • 法沙利亞 /法沙利亚 (Fǎshālìyǎ)poem by Lucan
  • 內戰紀 /内战纪 (Nèizhànjì)poem by Lucan
Czech Farsalské pole
  • Farsalské polepoem by Lucan
French Pharsale
  • Pharsalepoem by Lucan
German Pharsalia
  • Pharsaliapoem by Lucan
Greek Φαρσάλια
  • Φαρσάλια (Farsália)poem by Lucan
Hungarian Pharsalia
  • Pharsaliapoem by Lucan
Italian Farsaglia, Pharsalia
  • Farsagliapoem by Lucan
  • Pharsaliapoem by Lucan
Japanese ファルサリア, パルサリア
  • ファルサリア (Farusaria)poem by Lucan
  • パルサリア (Parusaria)poem by Lucan
  • 内乱 (Nairan)poem by Lucan
Korean 파르살리아
  • 파르살리아 (Pareusallia)poem by Lucan
Latin Pharsālia, Dē Bellō Cīvīlī
  • Pharsāliapoem by Lucan
  • Dē Bellō Cīvīlīpoem by Lucan
Polish Farsalia
  • Farsaliapoem by Lucan
Portuguese Farsália
  • Farsáliapoem by Lucan
Romanian Farsalia
  • Farsaliapoem by Lucan
Russian Фарсалия
  • Фарсалия (Farsalija)poem by Lucan
Spanish Farsalia
  • Farsaliapoem by Lucan
Turkish Pharsalia
  • Pharsaliapoem by Lucan

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Pharsalia

AustraliadahliaparaphernaliaazaleagenitaliaregaliamarginaliasaturnaliarealiaglossolaliaLupercaliaecholaliafemaliaLincolnaliapalilaliapenetralia
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Cite this entry
APA

Pharsalia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pharsalia

MLA

“Pharsalia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pharsalia. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pharsalia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pharsalia.

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