Μοργαντίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Identified by Strabo as a pre-Roman Italic tribe. The name could ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ-, *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”), showing an eastern Italic sound shift.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mor.ɡan.tí.nɛː/ → /mor.ɣanˈti.ni/ → /mor.ɣanˈdi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mor.ɡan.tí.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mor.ɡanˈti.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mor.ɣanˈti.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mor.ɣanˈti.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mor.ɣanˈdi.ni/

Proper noun

Μοργαντίνη • (Morgantínē) f (genitive Μοργαντίνης); first declension

1. Morgantia, Sicily, Italy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μοργαντίνη; τῆς Μοργαντίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μοργαντίνη hē Morgantínē
Genitive	τῆς Μοργαντίνης tês Morgantínēs
Dative	τῇ Μοργαντίνῃ têi Morgantínēi
Accusative	τὴν Μοργαντίνην tḕn Morgantínēn
Vocative	Μοργαντίνη Morgantínē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “Murgantĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μοργαντίνη”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Murgantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Jahresbericht über die Fortschritte der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft. (1940). Germany: O. R. Reisland, p. 44
• Strabo, Geographica 6.1.6

Further reading

• Μοργαντίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette