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

Μασσᾰλίᾱ • (Massalíā) f (genitive Μασσᾰλίᾱς); first declension

1. Massalia (ancient Greek city and colony in modern southern France; modern Marseilles)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μασσᾰλίᾱ; τῆς Μασσᾰλίᾱς (Attic)

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

Derived terms

• Μασσαλιώτης (Massaliṓtēs)

Descendants

• → English: Massalia
• Greek: Μασσαλία (Massalía)
• → Latin: Massilia
  • French: Marseille
    • → English: Marseille, Marseilles
  • Italian: Marsiglia
  • Occitan: Marselha
  • Portuguese: Marselha
  • Spanish: Marsella

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)
• Μαρσέιγ (Marséig)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), perhaps from Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.saˈli.a/
• Hyphenation: Μα‧σσα‧λί‧α

Proper noun

Μασσαλία • (Massalía) f

1. Marseilles (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

Declension

  Μασσαλία

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

Derived terms

• Μασσαλιώτιδα f (Massaliótida, “female from Marseille, the Marseillaise”)
• Μασσαλιώτης m (Massaliótis, “male from Marseille”)
• μασσαλιώτικος (massaliótikos, adjective)
• σαπούνι Μασσαλίας n (sapoúni Massalías, “Marseille soap”)

Related terms

• Μαρσεγιέζα m (Marsegiéza, “female from Marseille”, colloquial)
• Μαρσεγιέζος m (Marsegiézos, “male from Marseille”, colloquial)