Messana

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mesˈsaː.na/, [mɛs̠ˈs̠äːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mesˈsa.na/, [mesˈsäːnä]

Proper noun

Messāna f sg (genitive Messānae); first declension

1. Messina (a city in Sicily)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Messāna
genitive	Messānae
dative	Messānae
accusative	Messānam
ablative	Messānā
vocative	Messāna
locative	Messānae

References

• “Messana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Messana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.