Ἰλλυρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἰλλῠρῐός (Illuriós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā). Of obscure origin, but possibly from a conjectural Illyrian *Hullurio (“(place or tribe) of the serpent”), from Proto-Indo-European *udlós. Alternatively related to Albanian *hĭwĭd-lʉh (“water snake”), from older Albanian *hud-lós. See hyll.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /il.ly.rí.aː/ → /il.lyˈri.a/ → /i.liˈri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /il.ly.rí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /il.lyˈri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /il.lyˈri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /il.lyˈri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.liˈri.a/

Proper noun

Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ • (Illuríā) f (genitive Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Illyria

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ hē Illuríā
Genitive	τῆς Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱς tês Illuríās
Dative	τῇ Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾳ têi Illuríāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱν tḕn Illuríān
Vocative	Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ Illuríā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιλλυρία (Illyría)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013