Ἰλλυρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἰλλῠρῐός (Illŭrĭós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). Of obscure origin, but possibly from a conjectural Illyrian *Hullurio (“(place or tribe) of the serpent”), from Proto-Indo-European *udlós. This is supported by the attestation of Hílurios by Plautus in Menaechmi (200s BC).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /il.ly.rí.aː/ → /il.lyˈri.a/ → /i.liˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /il.ly.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /il.lyˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /il.lyˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /il.lyˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.liˈri.a/

Proper noun

Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ • (Illŭrĭ́ā) f (genitive Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Illyria (a vaguely-defined geographic region in Southeast Europe in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, approximately coincident with modern Albania)
2. Illyria, Illyricum (a much larger former province of the Roman Empire, covering the whole of Dalmatia and Pannonia, existing from 27 BC to c. 70 AD and reconstituted in 293 AD by Diocletian)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ hē Illŭrĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱς tês Illŭrĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾳ tēî Illŭrĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱν tḕn Illŭrĭ́ān
Vocative	Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ Illŭrĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιλλυρία (Illyría)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013