Messapii
English edit
Noun edit
Messapii pl (plural only)
- The Messapians.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
According to Pokorny, the Messapic name means "amid waters," from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos + *h₂ep-, the latter of which gave their region Apulia.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mesˈsa.pi.iː/, [mɛs̠ˈs̠äpiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mesˈsa.pi.i/, [mesˈsäːpiː]
Proper noun edit
Messapiī m pl (genitive Messapiōrum); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Messapiī |
| Genitive | Messapiōrum |
| Dative | Messapiīs |
| Accusative | Messapiōs |
| Ablative | Messapiīs |
| Vocative | Messapiī |
| Locative | Messapiīs |
References edit
- de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN