Ἀκαρνανία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ἀκαρνᾱ́ν (Akarnā́n) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā))

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kar.naː.ní.aː/ → /a.kar.naˈni.a/ → /a.kar.naˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kar.naː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kar.naˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.kar.naˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.kar.naˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.kar.naˈni.a/

Proper noun

Ἀκαρνᾱνίᾱ • (Akarnāníā) f (genitive Ἀκαρνᾱνίᾱς); first declension

1. Acarnania (an ancient province in modern Greece, reckoned the most westerly province of Greece)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἀκαρνᾱνίᾱ; τῆς Ἀκαρνᾱνίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀκαρνᾱνίᾱ hē Akarnāníā
Genitive	τῆς Ἀκαρνᾱνίᾱς tês Akarnāníās
Dative	τῇ Ἀκαρνᾱνίᾳ têi Akarnāníāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀκαρνᾱνίᾱν tḕn Akarnāníān
Vocative	Ἀκαρνᾱνίᾱ Akarnāníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀκαρνανικός (Akarnanikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Ακαρνανία (Akarnanía)
• → Latin: Acarnānia

Further reading

• Ἀκαρνανία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999