Θεσπρωτίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Θεσπρωτός (Thesprōtós, “Thesprotian”) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰes.prɔː.tís/ → /θes.proˈtis/ → /θes.proˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰes.prɔː.tís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰes.proˈtis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θes.proˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θes.proˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θes.proˈtis/

Proper noun

Θεσπρωτῐ́ς • (Thesprōtís) f (genitive Θεσπρωτῐ́δος); third declension

1. Thesprotis; Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Θεσπρωτῐ́ς; τῆς Θεσπρωτῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Θεσπρωτῐ́ς hē Thesprōtís
Genitive	τῆς Θεσπρωτῐ́δος tês Thesprōtídos
Dative	τῇ Θεσπρωτῐ́δῐ têi Thesprōtídi
Accusative	τὴν Θεσπρωτῐ́δᾰ tḕn Thesprōtída
Vocative	Θεσπρωτῐ́ς Thesprōtís
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

The typical Modern Greek form is Θεσπρωτία.

• Greek: Θεσπρωτίς (Thesprotís); Θεσπρωτίδα (Thesprotída)
• Latin: Thesprōtis

References

• “Θεσπρωτίς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027