Ῥωμανία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ῥωμᾱνός (Rhōmānós, “Roman”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɔː.maː.ní.aː/ → /ro.maˈni.a/ → /ro.maˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ɔː.maː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ro.maˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ro.maˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ro.maˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ro.maˈni.a/

Proper noun

Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱ • (Rhōmānĭ́ā) f (genitive Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Roman Empire (an ancient empire based out of the city of Rome, covering vast territories in Europe, Asia and Africa)
2. Byzantine Empire

Usage notes

Ῥωμανία does not refer to modern Romania, which modern Greeks call Ρουμανία to distinguish it from the Byzantine Empire (Ρωμανία).

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱ hē Rhōmānĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱς tês Rhōmānĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾳ tēî Rhōmānĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Rhōmānĭ́ān
Vocative	Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱ Rhōmānĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ρωμανία (Romanía)
• → Latin: Rōmānia, Rhōmānia