Μαιονία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Μαίων (Maíōn, “Maeonian”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mai̯.o.ní.aː/ → /mɛ.oˈni.a/ → /me.oˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mai̯.o.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mɛ.oˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mɛ.oˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.oˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.oˈni.a/

Proper noun

Μαιονῐ́ᾱ • (Maionĭ́ā) f (genitive Μαιονῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Maeonia; Lydia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μαιονῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Μαιονῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μαιονῐ́ᾱ hē Maionĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Μαιονῐ́ᾱς tês Maionĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Μαιονῐ́ᾳ têi Maionĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Μαιονῐ́ᾱν tḕn Maionĭ́ān
Vocative	Μαιονῐ́ᾱ Maionĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μαιονία (Maionía)
• Latin: Maeonia

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016