Μεσοποταμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The feminine substantive form of the adjective μεσοποτάμιος (mesopotámios) from μέσος (mésos, “middle, between”) and ποταμός (potamós, “river”), compare with the Hebrew אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.so.po.ta.mí.aː/ → /me.so.po.taˈmi.a/ → /me.so.po.taˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.so.po.ta.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.so.po.taˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.so.po.taˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.so.po.taˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.so.po.taˈmi.a/

Proper noun

Μεσοποταμίᾱ • (Mesopotamíā) f (genitive Μεσοποταμίᾱς); first declension

1. Mesopotamia, the region lying between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱ; τῆς Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱ hē Mesopotamíā
Genitive	τῆς Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱς tês Mesopotamíās
Dative	τῇ Μεσοποτᾰμίᾳ têi Mesopotamíāi
Accusative	τὴν Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱν tḕn Mesopotamíān
Vocative	Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱ Mesopotamíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Mesopotamia
  • → Catalan: Mesopotàmia
  • → English: Mesopotamia

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G3318 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[2], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN