Ἔδεσσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.des.sa/ → /ˈe.ðes.sa/ → /ˈe.ðe.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.des.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.des.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðes.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðes.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðe.sa/

Proper noun

Ἔδεσσᾰ • (Édessa) f (genitive Ἐδέσσης); first declension

1. Edessa (a city in Greece)
2. Urfa (a city in Turkey)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἔδεσσᾰ; τῆς Ἐδέσσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἔδεσσᾰ hē Édessa
Genitive	τῆς Ἐδέσσης tês Edéssēs
Dative	τῇ Ἐδέσσῃ têi Edéssēi
Accusative	τὴν Ἔδεσσᾰν tḕn Édessan
Vocative	Ἔδεσσᾰ Édessa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἐδεσσαῖος (Edessaîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Έδεσσα (Édessa)
• Latin: Edessa

References

• Ἔδεσσα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)