Graecia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Graecus from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡrae̯.ki.a/, [ˈɡräe̯kiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡre.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈɡrɛːt͡ʃiä]
Proper noun edit
Graecia f sg (genitive Graeciae); first declension
- Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
- Synonym: Hellas
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Graecia |
Genitive | Graeciae |
Dative | Graeciae |
Accusative | Graeciam |
Ablative | Graeciā |
Vocative | Graecia |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Ancient borrowings:
- → Irish: An Ghréig
- Modern borrowings:
References edit
- “Graecia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Graecia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.