Θρᾴκη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Θρῄκη (Thrēíkē) — poetic

Etymology

From Θρᾷξ (Thrāîx, “Thracian”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰráːi̯.kɛː/ → /ˈθra.ci/ → /ˈθra.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰráːi̯.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰra.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθra.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθra.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθra.ci/

Proper noun

Θρᾴκη • (Thrāíkē) f (genitive Θρᾴκης); first declension

1. Thrace (a historical region of Southeast Europe, now divided between Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Θρᾴκη; τῆς Θρᾴκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Θρᾴκη hē Thrāíkē
Genitive	τῆς Θρᾴκης tês Thrāíkēs
Dative	τῇ Θρᾴκῃ tēî Thrāíkēi
Accusative	τὴν Θρᾴκην tḕn Thrāíkēn
Vocative	Θρᾴκη Thrāíkē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σαμοθρᾴκη (Samothrāíkē)

Related terms

• Θρᾴκιος (Thrāíkios)
• Θρᾷσσα (Thrāîssa)
• Θρῄκη (Thrēíkē)
• Θρῄκιος (Thrēíkios)
• Θρῇξ (Thrēîx)
• Θρῇσσα (Thrēîssa)
• Σαμόθρᾳξ (Samóthrāix)

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Тракия (Trakija)
• Greek: Θράκη (Thráki)
• Latin: Thrācia
• Romanian: Tracia
• Turkish: Trakya

References

• “Θρᾴκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Θρᾴκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027