Messenia

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English

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Proper noun

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Messenia

  1. A regional unit in the south-western Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Kalamata. The original capital was at Messene.

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Latin

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Map of ancient Messenia

Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσηνία (Messēnía).

Proper noun

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Messēnia f sg (genitive Messēniae); first declension

  1. Messenia

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Messēnia
Genitive Messēniae
Dative Messēniae
Accusative Messēniam
Ablative Messēniā
Vocative Messēnia

References

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  • 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