Messenia
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Proper noun edit
Messenia
- A regional unit in the south-western Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Kalamata. The original capital was at Messene.
Translations edit
region
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσηνία (Messēnía).
Proper noun edit
Messēnia f sg (genitive Messēniae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Messēnia |
Genitive | Messēniae |
Dative | Messēniae |
Accusative | Messēniam |
Ablative | Messēniā |
Vocative | Messēnia |
References edit
- “Messene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Messenia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Messenia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly