Φαρσαλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Φᾰ́ρσᾱλος (Phársālos) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰar.saː.lí.aː/ → /ɸar.saˈli.a/ → /far.saˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰar.saː.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰar.saˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸar.saˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /far.saˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /far.saˈli.a/

Proper noun

Φᾰρσᾱλῐ́ᾱ • (Pharsālíā) f (genitive Φᾰρσᾱλῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Pharsalia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Φᾰρσᾱλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Φᾰρσᾱλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Φᾰρσᾱλῐ́ᾱ hē Pharsālíā
Genitive	τῆς Φᾰρσᾱλῐ́ᾱς tês Pharsālíās
Dative	τῇ Φᾰρσᾱλῐ́ᾳ têi Pharsālíāi
Accusative	τὴν Φᾰρσᾱλῐ́ᾱν tḕn Pharsālíān
Vocative	Φᾰρσᾱλῐ́ᾱ Pharsālíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Φαρσάλιος (Pharsálios)

Descendants

• Greek: Φαρσαλία (Farsalía)
• → Latin: Pharsālia

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021