Ἀσσυρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Akkadian 𒀾𒋗𒊏𒅀 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩𒆠 (Aššūr, “Assur”), its original capital.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.sy.rí.aː/ → /as.syˈri.a/ → /a.siˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.sy.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.syˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.syˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.syˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.siˈri.a/

Proper noun

Ἀσσῠρίᾱ • (Assuríā) f (genitive Ἀσσῠρίᾱς); first declension

1. Assyria (an ancient city-state and former empire in Mesopotamia, approximately corresponding to modern Iraq, but at its height including parts of modern Iran, Syria, Israel, Palestine and Egypt)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἀσσυρίᾱ; τῆς Ἀσσυρίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀσσυρίᾱ hē Assuríā
Genitive	τῆς Ἀσσυρίᾱς tês Assuríās
Dative	τῇ Ἀσσυρίᾳ têi Assuríāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀσσυρίᾱν tḕn Assuríān
Vocative	Ἀσσυρίᾱ Assuríā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀσσύριος (Assúrios)

Descendants

• Greek: Ασσυρία (Assyría)
• → Latin: Assyria (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “Ἀσσυρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Ἀσσυρία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003