Προκόννησος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly a compound of πρόξ (próx, “roe deer”) +‎ νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pro.kón.nɛː.sos/ → /proˈkon.ni.sos/ → /proˈko.ni.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pro.kón.nɛː.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /proˈkon.ne̝.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /proˈkon.ni.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /proˈkon.ni.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /proˈko.ni.sos/

Proper noun

Προκόννησος • (Prokónnēsos) f (genitive Προκοννήσου); second declension

1. Proconnesus; Marmara Island, Turkey

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Προκόννησος; τῆς Προκοννήσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Προκόννησος hē Prokónnēsos
Genitive	τῆς Προκοννήσου tês Prokonnḗsou
Dative	τῇ Προκοννήσῳ têi Prokonnḗsōi
Accusative	τὴν Προκόννησον tḕn Prokónnēson
Vocative	Προκόννησε Prokónnēse
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Προκοννήσιος (Prokonnḗsios)

Descendants

• Greek: Προκόννησος (Prokónnisos)
• → Latin: Proconnēsus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023