Βενυσία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Οὐενουσῐ́ᾱ (Ouenousĭ́ā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Venusia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /be.ny.sí.aː/ → /βe.nyˈsi.a/ → /ve.niˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /be.ny.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be.nyˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βe.nyˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ve.nyˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ve.niˈsi.a/

Proper noun

Βενῠσῐ́ᾱ • (Benŭsĭ́ā) f (genitive Βενῠσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Venusia, Venosa (a town in Potenza, Basilicata)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Βενῠσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Βενῠσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βενῠσῐ́ᾱ hē Benŭsĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Βενῠσῐ́ᾱς tês Benŭsĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Βενῠσῐ́ᾳ têi Benŭsĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Βενῠσῐ́ᾱν tḕn Benŭsĭ́ān
Vocative	Βενῠσῐ́ᾱ Benŭsĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βενυσία (Venysía)

References

• Βενυσία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029