Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Messāna f sg (genitive Messānae); first declension

  1. Messina (a city in Sicily)

Declension edit

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Messāna
Genitive Messānae
Dative Messānae
Accusative Messānam
Ablative Messānā
Vocative Messāna
Locative Messānae

References edit

  • Messana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Messana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.