Μεσσηνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mes.sɛː.ní.aː/ → /mes.siˈni.a/ → /me.siˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mes.sɛː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mes.se̝ˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mes.siˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mes.siˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.siˈni.a/

Proper noun

Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ • (Messēnĭ́ā) f (genitive Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Messenia, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ hē Messēnĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱς tês Messēnĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Μεσσηνῐ́ᾳ têi Messēnĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Messēnĭ́ān
Vocative	Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ Messēnĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Μεσσήνῐος (Messḗnĭos)
• Μεσσηνῐ́ς (Messēnĭ́s)

Descendants

• Greek: Μεσσηνία (Messinía)
• Latin: Messēnia

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017