Κάρνεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Καρνεῖος (Karneîos), variant spelling Κάρνειος (Kárneios), an adjectival form of Κάρνος (Kárnos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kár.neː.a/ → /ˈkar.ni.a/ → /ˈkar.ni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kár.neː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ni.a/

Proper noun

Κάρνειᾰ • (Kárneia) n (genitive Καρνείων); second declension

1. Carnea (a festival and a month in honour of Apollo Karneios in the Peloponnese and in the Dorian states of Magna Graecia)

Inflection

Second declension of τᾰ̀ Κάρνειᾰ; τῶν Καρνείων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ Κάρνειᾰ tà Kárneia
Genitive	τῶν Καρνείων tôn Karneíōn
Dative	τοῖς Καρνείοις toîs Karneíois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ Κάρνειᾰ tà Kárneia
Vocative	Κάρνειᾰ Kárneia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Καρνεῖος (Karneîos)

Descendants

• Greek: Κάρνεια (Kárneia)
• → Latin: Carnēa

References

• “Κάρνεια”, 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 1,005