Μασσαλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mas.sa.lí.aː/ → /mas.saˈli.a/ → /ma.saˈli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mas.sa.lí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mas.saˈli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mas.saˈli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mas.saˈli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.saˈli.a/

Proper noun

Μασσαλίᾱ • (Massalíā) f (genitive Μασσαλίᾱς); first declension

1. Massalia; Massilia; Marseille, France

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μασσαλίᾱ; τῆς Μασσαλίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μασσαλίᾱ hē Massalíā
Genitive	τῆς Μασσαλίᾱς tês Massalíās
Dative	τῇ Μασσαλίᾳ têi Massalíāi
Accusative	τὴν Μασσαλίᾱν tḕn Massalíān
Vocative	Μασσαλίᾱ Massalíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μασσαλιώτης (Massaliṓtēs)

Descendants

• French: Marseille
• Greek: Μασσαλία (Massalía)
• Latin: Massilia
• Occitan: Marselha

Further reading

• “Μασσαλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Μασσαλία”, 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 1,016

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Greek

Alternative forms

• Μαρσίλια (Marsília)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /masaˈlia/
• Hyphenation: Μα‧σσα‧λί‧α

Proper noun

Μασσαλία • (Massalía) f

1. Marseille (second largest city in France)

Declension

  Μασσαλία

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Μασσαλία •
genitive	Μασσαλίας •
accusative	Μασσαλία •
vocative	Μασσαλία •

Derived terms

• Μασσαλιώτης m (Massaliótis, “male from Marseille”)
• Μαρσεγιέζος m (Marsegiézos, “male from Marseille”) (colloquial)
• Μασσαλιώτιδα f (Massaliótida, “female from Marseille, the Marseillaise”)
• Μαρσεγιέζα m (Marsegiéza, “female from Marseille”) (colloquial)
• μασσαλιώτικος (massaliótikos) (adjective)

Further reading

• Μασσαλία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el