See also: Moésia and Mœsia

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Moesia as a Roman province

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Etymology

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From Latin Moesia, from Ancient Greek Μοισία (Moisía).

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Moesia

  1. (historical) An ancient region and later former Roman province situated in the Balkans, along the south bank of the Danube River, mainly in what is now Bulgaria and Serbia.

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Latin

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Moesia (in red) on a map of the provinces of the Roman Empire circa AD 120.

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Μοισῐ́ᾱ (Moisíā, land of the Moesi).

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Moesia f sg (genitive Moesiae); first declension

  1. (historical) Moesia (An ancient region and later former Roman province situated in the Balkans, along the south bank of the Danube River, mainly in what is now Bulgaria and Serbia)

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Moesia
Genitive Moesiae
Dative Moesiae
Accusative Moesiam
Ablative Moesiā
Vocative Moesia
Locative Moesiae
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Further reading

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  • Moesi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Moesia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.