Βρεττανία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Βρεττανός (Brettanós) +‎ -ίᾱ (-íā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bret.ta.ní.aː/ → /βret.taˈni.a/ → /vre.taˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bret.ta.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bret.taˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βret.taˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vret.taˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vre.taˈni.a/

Proper noun

Βρεττᾰνίᾱ • (Brettăníā) f (genitive Βρεττᾰνίᾱς); first declension

1. Great Britain, Britain (a large island off the north-west coast of Western Europe)
2. (in the plural) the British Isles

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱ hē Brettănĭ́ā	τὼ Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ Brettănĭ́ā	αἱ Βρεττᾰνῐ́αι hai Brettănĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱς tês Brettănĭ́ās	τοῖν Βρεττᾰνῐ́αιν toîn Brettănĭ́ain	τῶν Βρεττᾰνῐῶν tôn Brettănĭôn
Dative	τῇ Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾳ têi Brettănĭ́āi	τοῖν Βρεττᾰνῐ́αιν toîn Brettănĭ́ain	ταῖς Βρεττᾰνῐ́αις taîs Brettănĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Brettănĭ́ān	τὼ Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱ tṑ Brettănĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱς tā̀s Brettănĭ́ās
Vocative	Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱ Brettănĭ́ā	Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱ Brettănĭ́ā	Βρεττᾰνῐ́αι Brettănĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βρετανία (Vretanía)

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004

Greek

Proper noun

Βρεττανία • (Vrettanía) f

1. obsolete spelling of Βρετανία (Vretanía) after Ancient Greek Βρεττᾰνῐ́ᾱ

Declension

Declension of Βρεττανία

	singular
nominative	Βρεττανία (Vrettanía)
genitive	Βρεττανίας (Vrettanías)
accusative	Βρεττανία (Vrettanía)
vocative	Βρεττανία (Vrettanía)