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apella

apella noun: the popular deliberative assembly in the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, corresponding to the ecclesia in most other Greek states.

Noun

apella (plural apellai)

  1. (Ancient Greece) The popular deliberative assembly in the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, corresponding to the ecclesia in most other Greek states.

Forms of apella

pluralapellai

Origin of apella

From Ancient Greek ἀπέλλα (apélla, “assembly”).

Questions about apella

What does apella mean?
Apella means the popular deliberative assembly in the Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta, corresponding to the ecclesia in most other Greek states.
What part of speech is apella?
Apella is a noun.
What is the plural of apella?
The plural of apella is apellai.

Words near apella in the dictionary

  1. apelin
  2. apelinergic
  3. apeling
  4. apelings
  5. Apeliotes
  6. apella
  7. apellai
  8. Apelles
  9. apelloid
  10. apelloids
  11. apellous

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