Μοτύη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mo.tý.ɛː/ → /moˈty.i/ → /moˈti.i/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.tý.ɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /moˈty.e̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /moˈty.i/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /moˈty.i/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /moˈti.i/

Proper noun

Μοτύη • (Motúē) f (genitive Μοτύης); first declension

1. Motya; Mozia, Sicily, Italy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μοτύη; τῆς Μοτύης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μοτύη hē Motúē
Genitive	τῆς Μοτύης tês Motúēs
Dative	τῇ Μοτύῃ têi Motúēi
Accusative	τὴν Μοτύην tḕn Motúēn
Vocative	Μοτύη Motúē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μοτύη (Motýi)
• Italian: Mozia
• Latin: Motya
• Sicilian: Mozzia

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
• Μοτύη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette