Μεσσηνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē, “Messene”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ • (Messēníā) f (genitive Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Messenia, Greece

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ
hē Messēníā
Genitive τῆς Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱς
tês Messēníās
Dative τῇ Μεσσηνῐ́ᾳ
têi Messēníāi
Accusative τὴν Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Messēníān
Vocative Μεσσηνῐ́ᾱ
Messēníā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Μεσσηνία (Messinía)
  • Latin: Messēnia

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
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