Ῥωσία

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ῥῶς (Rhôs) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Ῥωσία (Rhōsíaf (genitive Ῥωσίας); first declension

  1. (Koine, Byzantine) Russia (a country in Europe and Asia)

Declension

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Sophocles, E. A. (1900) Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 974