Μεσαίωνας
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Katharevousa μεσαίων (mesaíon) + modern ending -ωνας, from phrase μέσος (mésos, “middle”) αἰών m (aiṓn, “century”), a calque of French Moyen Âge.[1] With capital first letter, when referring to a specific era.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Μεσαίωνας • (Mesaíonas) m (uncountable)
- Middle Ages
- (figuratively) see: μεσαίωνας (mesaíonas, “Middle Ages; period of extreme backwardness”)
Declension
[edit] Μεσαίωνας
Derived terms
[edit]- μεσαιωνικός (mesaionikós, “medieval”, adjective)
- μεσαιωνισμός m (mesaionismós, “medievalism”)
- μεσαιωνοδίφης m (mesaionodífis, “medievalist”)
References
[edit]- ^ Μεσαίωνας, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
[edit]Μεσαίωνας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el