Ἰουερνία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ῑ̓ϝερνῐ́ᾱ (Īwerníā), Ῑ̔βερνῐ́ᾱ (Hīberníā)
• Ῑ̓ϝέρνη (Īwérnē), Ῑ̓έρνη (Īérnē)

Etymology

Borrowed from Primitive Irish *Īweriū and its genitive *Īweriyonah (whence probably Éire, see there), from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iː.uː.er.ní.aː/ → /i.u.erˈni.a/ → /i.u.erˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.uː.er.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.u.erˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.u.erˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.u.erˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.u.erˈni.a/

Proper noun

Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ • (Īouerníā) f (genitive Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Ireland

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ hē Īouerníā
Genitive	τῆς Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱς tês Īouerníās
Dative	τῇ Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾳ têi Īouerníāi
Accusative	τὴν Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Īouerníān
Vocative	Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ Īouerníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιουερνία (Iouernía)
  • The modern Greek name is Ιρλανδία (Irlandía), which derives from English.
• Latin: Hibernia, Ivernia

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014