Edessa
See also: edessä
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Edessa, from Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Edessa
- A city in Greece, capital in Pella Prefecture, in periphery of Central Macedonia.
- (chiefly historical) Synonym of Urfa, a city in southeastern Turkey.
Synonyms edit
- (ancient Urfa): Antioch, Antioch on the Callirhoe, Urhay, Orhay
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
city in Mesopotamia — see also Sanliurfa
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Proper noun edit
Edessa f
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eˈdes.sa/, [ɛˈd̪ɛs̠ːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈdes.sa/, [eˈd̪ɛsːä]
Proper noun edit
Edessa f sg (genitive Edessae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Edessa |
Genitive | Edessae |
Dative | Edessae |
Accusative | Edessam |
Ablative | Edessā |
Vocative | Edessa |
Locative | Edessae |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Edessa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Edessa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.