Messabatene

Latin

Alternative forms

• Massabatēnē

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσαβατηνή (Messabatēnḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mes.sa.baˈteː.neː/, [mɛs̠ːäbäˈt̪eːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mes.sa.baˈte.ne/, [mesːäbäˈt̪ɛːne]

Proper noun

Messabatēnē f sg (genitive Messabatēnēs); first declension

1. An ancient narrow district in Susiana, in modern Iran

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Messabatēnē
genitive	Messabatēnēs
dative	Messabatēnae
accusative	Messabatēnēn
ablative	Messabatēnē
vocative	Messabatēnē

References

• Massabatene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Messabatene”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly