Messenia
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Messenia
- A regional unit in the south-western Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Kalamata. The original capital was at Messene.
Translations
[edit]region
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσηνία (Messēnía).
Proper noun
[edit]Messēnia f sg (genitive Messēniae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Messēnia |
Genitive | Messēniae |
Dative | Messēniae |
Accusative | Messēniam |
Ablative | Messēniā |
Vocative | Messēnia |
References
[edit]- “Messene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Messenia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Messenia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Regional units of Greece
- en:Places in Greece
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- la:Greece