Κασπία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

An elliptic form of Κασπῐ́ᾱ Θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ (Kaspíā Thálassa, “the Caspian sea”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kas.pí.aː/ → /kasˈpi.a/ → /kasˈpi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kas.pí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kasˈpi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kasˈpi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kasˈpi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kasˈpi.a/

Proper noun

Κασπῐ́ᾱ • (Kaspíā) f (genitive Κασπῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Caspian Sea

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κασπῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Κασπῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κασπῐ́ᾱ hē Kaspíā
Genitive	τῆς Κασπῐ́ᾱς tês Kaspíās
Dative	τῇ Κασπῐ́ᾳ têi Kaspíāi
Accusative	τὴν Κασπῐ́ᾱν tḕn Kaspíān
Vocative	Κασπῐ́ᾱ Kaspíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005