Westsaxonia

Latin

Etymology

Westsaxō +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯est.sakˈsoː.ni.a/, [u̯ɛs̠(t̪)s̠äkˈs̠oːniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /west.sakˈso.ni.a/, [west̪säkˈsɔːniä]

Proper noun

Westsaxōnia f sg (genitive Westsaxōniae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin, England) Wessex
   • c. 1340, John of Glastonbury, Cronica sive Antiquitates Glastoniensis Ecclesie; republished as David Townsend, transl., edited by James P. Carley, The Chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey […], 1985, →ISBN, page 80:

     Cerdicus autem postquam regnauerat in Westsaxonia quindecim annis moritur et successit ei Kinricus filius suus viginti septem annis regnaturus.

     After Cerdic had reigned in Wessex for fifteen years he died, and his son Cynric, who reigned for twenty-seven years, succeeded him.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Westsaxōnia
genitive	Westsaxōniae
dative	Westsaxōniae
accusative	Westsaxōniam
ablative	Westsaxōniā
vocative	Westsaxōnia

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “Westsaxonia”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC