Μεσοποταμία
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
The feminine substantive form of the adjective μεσοποτάμιος (mesopotámios) from μέσος (mésos, “middle, between”) and ποταμός (potamós, “river”), compare with the Hebrew אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /me.so.po.ta.mí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me.so.po.taˈmi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /me.so.po.taˈmi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /me.so.po.taˈmi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /me.so.po.taˈmi.a/
Proper noun edit
Μεσοποταμίᾱ • (Mesopotamíā) f (genitive Μεσοποταμίᾱς); first declension
- Mesopotamia, the region lying between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱ hē Mesopotamíā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱς tês Mesopotamíās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Μεσοποτᾰμίᾳ têi Mesopotamíāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱν tḕn Mesopotamíān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱ Mesopotamíā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- → Latin: Mesopotamia
- → Catalan: Mesopotàmia
- → English: Mesopotamia
References edit
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G3318 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
- Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece[2], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN