Φλεγραία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Φλέγρα (Phlégra, “Phlegra”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰle.ɡrǎi̯.aː/ → /ɸleˈɣrɛ.a/ → /fleˈɣre.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰle.ɡrǎi̯.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰleˈɡrɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸleˈɣrɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fleˈɣre.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fleˈɣre.a/

Proper noun

Φλεγραίᾱ • (Phlegraíā) f (genitive Φλεγραίᾱς); first declension

1. the Phlegraean Fields; Campi Flegrei, Campania, Italy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Φλεγραίᾱ; τῆς Φλεγραίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Φλεγραίᾱ hē Phlegraíā
Genitive	τῆς Φλεγραίᾱς tês Phlegraíās
Dative	τῇ Φλεγραίᾳ têi Phlegraíāi
Accusative	τὴν Φλεγραίᾱν tḕn Phlegraíān
Vocative	Φλεγραίᾱ Phlegraíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Φλεγραία (Flegraía)
• Italian: Flegrea
• Latin: Phlegraea

Further reading

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