Γαλλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Gallia. Greeks earlier called Gaul Γαλατία (Galatía), also the name for Galatia. Greeks still call France Γαλλία (Gallía).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡal.lí.aː/ → /ɣalˈli.a/ → /ɣaˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡal.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡalˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣalˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣalˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣaˈli.a/

Proper noun

Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ • (Gallíā) f (genitive Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Gaul

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ hē Gallíā
Genitive	τῆς Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱς tês Gallíās
Dative	τῇ Γᾰλλῐ́ᾳ têi Gallíāi
Accusative	τὴν Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱν tḕn Gallíān
Vocative	Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ Gallíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Γαλλία (Gallía)
  • → Aromanian: Galii

References

• Γαλλία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γαλλία (Gallía, “Gaul”), borrowed from Latin Gallia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣaˈli.a/
• Hyphenation: Γαλ‧λί‧α

Proper noun

Γαλλία • (Gallía) f

1. France (a country in Europe)

Declension

  Γαλλία

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Γαλλία •
genitive	Γαλλίας •
accusative	Γαλλία •
vocative	Γαλλία •

Coordinate terms

• Παρίσι n (Parísi, “Paris”)

Derived terms

• Γαλλίδα f (Gallída, “Frenchwoman”)
• γαλλικά n pl (galliká, “French language”)
• γαλλικός (gallikós, “French”, adjective)
• Γάλλος m (Gállos, “Frenchman”)

 

Descendants

• → Aromanian: Galii

Further reading

• Γαλλία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el