Μασσαλία
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mas.sa.lí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mas.saˈli.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mas.saˈli.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mas.saˈli.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ma.saˈli.a/
Proper noun edit
Μασσᾰλίᾱ • (Massalíā) f (genitive Μασσᾰλίᾱς); first declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Μασσᾰλίᾱ hē Massalíā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Μασσᾰλίᾱς tês Massalíās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Μασσᾰλίᾳ têi Massalíāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Μασσᾰλίᾱν tḕn Massalíān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μασσᾰλίᾱ Massalíā | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- Μασσαλιώτης (Massaliṓtēs)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “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
Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), perhaps from Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Μασσαλία • (Massalía) f
- Marseille (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)
Declension edit
Μασσαλία
case \ number | singular |
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nominative | Μασσαλία • |
genitive | Μασσαλίας • |
accusative | Μασσαλία • |
vocative | Μασσαλία • |
Derived terms edit
- 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 edit
- Μαρσεγιέζα m (Marsegiéza, “female from Marseille”, colloquial)
- Μαρσεγιέζος m (Marsegiézos, “male from Marseille”, colloquial)
Further reading edit
- Μασσαλία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el