Messapii

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English

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Noun

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Messapii pl (plural only)

  1. The Messapians.

Latin

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Etymology

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According to Pokorny, the Messapic name means "amid waters," from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos + *h₂ep-, the latter of which gave their region Apulia.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Messapiī m pl (genitive Messapiōrum); second declension

  1. An Iapygian tribe that was settled in modern Apulia.

Declension

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Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Messapiī
Genitive Messapiōrum
Dative Messapiīs
Accusative Messapiōs
Ablative Messapiīs
Vocative Messapiī
Locative Messapiīs

References

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  • de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN