Graecia

Latin

Etymology

From Graecus from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrae̯.ki.a/, [ˈɡräe̯kiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡre.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈɡrɛːt͡ʃiä]

Proper noun

Graecia f sg (genitive Graeciae); first declension

1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)

   Synonym: Hellas

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Graecia
genitive	Graeciae
dative	Graeciae
accusative	Graeciam
ablative	Graeciā
vocative	Graecia

Derived terms

• Magna Graecia

Related terms

(Graecia):

• Graeculus
• graecus
• Grāiugena
• Grāius

Descendants

Ancient borrowings

• → Irish: An Ghréig

Modern borrowings

• → Albanian: Greqia
• → Aromanian: Gãrtsia
• → Catalan: Grècia
• → Galician: Grecia
• → Italian: Grecia
• → Old French: Grece
  • French: Grèce
  • → Middle English: Grece
    • English: Greece (see there for further descendants)
• → Portuguese: Grécia
• → Romanian: Grecia
• → Sicilian: Grecia
• → Spanish: Grecia

References

• “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.