Κιμμερία

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kim.me.rí.aː/ → /cim.meˈri.a/ → /ci.meˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kim.me.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kim.meˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cim.meˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cim.meˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.meˈri.a/

Proper noun

Κιμμερίᾱ • (Kimmeríā) f (genitive Κιμμερίᾱς); first declension

1. Cimmeria (the ancient name of Crimea, a peninsula north of the Black Sea)

Noun

Κιμμερίᾱ • (Kimmeríā) f (genitive Κιμμερίᾱς); first declension

1. a female Cimmerian

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κιμμερῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Κιμμερῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Κιμμερῐ́ᾱ hē Kimmeríā	τὼ Κιμμερῐ́ᾱ tṑ Kimmeríā	αἱ Κιμμερῐ́αι hai Kimmeríai
Genitive	τῆς Κιμμερῐ́ᾱς tês Kimmeríās	τοῖν Κιμμερῐ́αιν toîn Kimmeríain	τῶν Κιμμερῐῶν tôn Kimmeriôn
Dative	τῇ Κιμμερῐ́ᾳ têi Kimmeríāi	τοῖν Κιμμερῐ́αιν toîn Kimmeríain	ταῖς Κιμμερῐ́αις taîs Kimmeríais
Accusative	τὴν Κιμμερῐ́ᾱν tḕn Kimmeríān	τὼ Κιμμερῐ́ᾱ tṑ Kimmeríā	τᾱ̀ς Κιμμερῐ́ᾱς tā̀s Kimmeríās
Vocative	Κιμμερῐ́ᾱ Kimmeríā	Κιμμερῐ́ᾱ Kimmeríā	Κιμμερῐ́αι Kimmeríai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κιμμέριος (Kimmérios)
• Κιμμερικός (Kimmerikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Κιμμερία (Kimmería)
• → Latin: Cimmeria

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006