Μάρπησσα

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /már.pɛːs.sa/ → /ˈmar.pis.sa/ → /ˈmar.pi.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /már.pɛːs.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.pe̝s.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.pis.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.pis.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmar.pi.sa/

Proper noun

Μάρπησσα • (Márpēssa) f (genitive Μαρπήσσης); first declension

1. Marpessa

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μάρπησσᾰ; τῆς Μαρπήσσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μάρπησσᾰ hē Márpēssă
Genitive	τῆς Μαρπήσσης tês Marpḗssēs
Dative	τῇ Μαρπήσσῃ têi Marpḗssēi
Accusative	τὴν Μάρπησσᾰν tḕn Márpēssăn
Vocative	Μάρπησσᾰ Márpēssă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μάρπησσα (Márpissa)
• → Latin: Marpessa

Further reading

• “Μάρπησσα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016