Σμύρνα

See also: σμύρνα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μύρρᾱ (Múrrhā) — Aeolic, Attic
• Σμύρνη (Smúrnē) — Ionic
• Ζμύρνᾱ (Zmúrnā)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zmýr.naː/ → /ˈzmyr.na/ → /ˈzmir.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zmýr.naː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈzmyr.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈzmyr.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈzmyr.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈzmir.na/

Proper noun

Σμύρνᾱ • (Smúrnā) f (genitive Σμύρνᾱς); first declension

1. Smyrna; İzmir, Turkey

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σμῠ́ρνᾰ; τῆς Σμῠ́ρνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σμῠ́ρνᾰ hē Smúrna
Genitive	τῆς Σμῠ́ρνης tês Smúrnēs
Dative	τῇ Σμῠ́ρνῃ têi Smúrnēi
Accusative	τὴν Σμῠ́ρνᾰν tḕn Smúrnan
Vocative	Σμῠ́ρνᾰ Smúrna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σμυρναῖος (Smurnaîos), Ζμυρναῖος (Zmurnaîos)
• Σμυρναϊκός (Smurnaïkós)

Descendants

• Armenian: Զմյուռնիա (Zmyuṙnia), Իզմիր (Izmir)
• Greek: Σμύρνη (Smýrni)
• Northern Kurdish: Îzmîr
• Ladino: Izmir
• → Latin: Smyrna
  • → English: Smyrna
• → Ottoman Turkish: ازمیر
  • Turkish: İzmir

References

• “Σμύρνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
• Σμύρνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette