Ἀρμενία

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (Armina).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /armení.a͜a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /armɛníaː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /armenía/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /armenía/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /aɾmenía/

Proper noun

Ἀρμενία (genitive Ἀρμενίας) f, first declension; (Armeniā)

1. Armenia

   μεγάλη Ἀρμενία — Greater Armenia

   μικρὰ Ἀρμενία, ἑτέρα Ἀρμενία — Lesser Armenia

   • 4th century BC, Xenophon, Anabasis, 3.5.17

     ἐδόκει δὲ τοῖς στρατηγοῖς ἀναγκαῖον εἶναι διὰ τῶν ὀρέων εἰς Καρδούχους ἐμβαλεῖν: τούτους γὰρ διελθόντας ἔφασαν εἰς Ἀρμενίαν ἥξειν, ἧς Ὀρόντας ἦρχε πολλῆς καὶ εὐδαίμονος. ἐντεῦθεν δ' εὔπορον ἔφασαν εἶναι ὅποι τις ἐθέλοι πορεύεσθαι.

     The opinion of the generals however, was that they must make their way through the mountains into the country of the Carduchians; for the prisoners said that after passing through this country they would come to Armenia, the large and prosperous province of which Orontas was ruler; and from there, they said, it was easy to go in any direction one chose.

   • 1st century AD, Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, 1.90

     ἔπειτα τῆς λάρνακος περὶ ἄκραν τινὰ ὄρους σταθείσης κατὰ τὴν Ἀρμενίαν συνεὶς ὁ Νῶχος ἀνοίγει τ' αὐτὴν καὶ θεασάμενος γῆν βραχεῖαν περὶ αὐτὴν ἐπὶ χρηστοτέρας ἤδη γεγονὼς ἐλπίδος ἠρέμει.

     After this, the ark rested on the top of a certain mountain in Armenia; which, when Noah understood, he opened it; and seeing a small piece of land about it, he continued quiet, and conceived some cheerful hopes of deliverance.

Inflection

    First declension of Ἀρμενίᾱ, Ἀρμενίᾱς

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Ἀρμενίᾱ
Genitive	Ἀρμενίᾱς
Dative	Ἀρμενίᾳ
Accusative	Ἀρμενίᾱν
Vocative	Ἀρμενίᾱ

Derived terms

• Ἀρμένιος

Descendants

• Greek: Αρμενία (Armenía)
• Latin: Armenia

References

• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1002