Βαβυλωνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Βαβυλών (Babulṓn, “Babylon”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.by.lɔː.ní.aː/ → /βa.βy.loˈni.a/ → /va.vi.loˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.by.lɔː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ba.by.loˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βa.βy.loˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /va.vy.loˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /va.vi.loˈni.a/

Proper noun

Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱ • (Babulōníā) f (genitive Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Babylonia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱ hē Babulōníā
Genitive	τῆς Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱς tês Babulōníās
Dative	τῇ Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾳ têi Babulōníāi
Accusative	τὴν Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Babulōníān
Vocative	Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱ Babulōníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Βαβυλώνιος (Babulṓnios)

Descendants

• Greek: Βαβυλωνία (Vavylonía)
• Latin: Babylonia

References

• Βαβυλωνία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Βαβυλωνία (Babulōnía). Doublet of βαβυλωνία (vavylonía, “confusion from voices speaking all together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.vi.loˈni.a/
• Hyphenation: Βα‧βυ‧λω‧νί‧α

Proper noun

Βαβυλωνία • (Vavylonía) f (usually uncountable, plural Βαβυλωνίες)

1. Babylonia, Babylon

Declension

Usually in the singular.

Declension of Βαβυλωνία

	singular	plural
nominative	Βαβυλωνία (Vavylonía)	Βαβυλωνίες (Vavyloníes)
genitive	Βαβυλωνίας (Vavylonías)	Βαβυλωνιών (Vavylonión)
accusative	Βαβυλωνία (Vavylonía)	Βαβυλωνίες (Vavyloníes)
vocative	Βαβυλωνία (Vavylonía)	Βαβυλωνίες (Vavyloníes)

See also

• Βαβυλωνία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el