Peloponnesius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πελοποννήσιος (Peloponnḗsios).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pe.lo.ponˈneː.si.us/, [pɛɫ̪ɔpɔnˈneːs̠iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pe.lo.ponˈne.si.us/, [peloponˈnɛːs̬ius]
Adjective
[edit]Peloponnēsius (feminine Peloponnēsia); first/second-declension adjective
- Peloponnesian (inhabitant of the Peloponnese)
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | ||
| nominative | Peloponnēsius | Peloponnēsia | Peloponnēsiī | Peloponnēsiae | |
| genitive | Peloponnēsiī | Peloponnēsiae | Peloponnēsiōrum | Peloponnēsiārum | |
| dative | Peloponnēsiō | Peloponnēsiae | Peloponnēsiīs | Peloponnēsiīs | |
| accusative | Peloponnēsium | Peloponnēsiam | Peloponnēsiōs | Peloponnēsiās | |
| ablative | Peloponnēsiō | Peloponnēsiā | Peloponnēsiīs | Peloponnēsiīs | |
| vocative | Peloponnēsie | Peloponnēsia | Peloponnēsiī | Peloponnēsiae | |
Descendants
[edit]- → Italian: peloponnesiaco (learned) (with the suffix -ācus attached)
- → Spanish: peplonesio (learned)
- → Portuguese: peloponésio (learned)
References
[edit]- “Peloponnesius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Peloponnesius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.