Μαγνησία

See also: μαγνησία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Μάγνης (Mágnēs) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡnɛː.sí.aː/ → /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/ → /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡnɛː.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡne̝ˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/

Proper noun

Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱ • (Măgnēsĭ́ā) f (genitive Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece
2. Magnesia in Asia Minor; Manisa, Turkey

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱ hē Măgnēsĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱς tês Măgnēsĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾳ tēî Măgnēsĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱν tḕn Măgnēsĭ́ān
Vocative	Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱ Măgnēsĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μαγνησία (Magnisía)
• → Latin: Magnēsia
• → Turkish: Manisa

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016