Μεσαίωνας
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Katharevousa μεσαίων (mesaíon) + modern ending -ωνας, from phrase μέσος (mésos, “middle”) αἰών m (aiṓn, “century”), a calque of French Moyen Âge.[1] With capital first letter, when referring to a specific era.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Μεσαίωνας • (Mesaíonas) m (uncountable)
- Middle Ages
- (figuratively) see: μεσαίωνας (mesaíonas, “Middle Ages; period of extreme backwardness”)
Declension edit
Μεσαίωνας
Derived terms edit
- μεσαιωνικός (mesaionikós, “medieval”, adjective)
- μεσαιωνισμός m (mesaionismós, “medievalism”)
- μεσαιωνοδίφης m (mesaionodífis, “medievalist”)
References edit
- ^ Μεσαίωνας - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
Further reading edit
- Μεσαίωνας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el