Achaia
English edit
Proper noun edit
Achaia
- Alternative form of Achaea
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχᾱΐᾱ (Akhāḯā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈkʰaː.i.a/, [äˈkʰäːiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈka.i.a/, [äˈkäːiä]
Proper noun edit
Achāia f sg (genitive Achāiae); first declension
- Achaea (northern part of the Peloponnese)
- Achaea (Roman province encompassing all of Greece)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Achāia |
Genitive | Achāiae |
Dative | Achāiae |
Accusative | Achāiam |
Ablative | Achāiā |
Vocative | Achāia |
References edit
- “Achaia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Achaia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Achaia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Achaia f
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Acaia.