Moesia
English
editAlternative forms
edit- Mœsia (archaic)
Etymology
editFrom Latin Moesia, from Ancient Greek Μοισία (Moisía).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMoesia
- (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.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editan ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans
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Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Μοισῐ́ᾱ (Moisíā, “land of the Moesi”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmoe̯.si.a/, [ˈmoe̯s̠iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈme.si.a/, [ˈmɛːs̬iä]
Proper noun
editMoesia f sg (genitive Moesiae); first declension
- (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)
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Moesia |
Genitive | Moesiae |
Dative | Moesiae |
Accusative | Moesiam |
Ablative | Moesiā |
Vocative | Moesia |
Locative | Moesiae |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- English: Moesia
- Italian: Mesia
- Portuguese: Moésia, Mésia
- Spanish: Mesia
- → German: Mösia, Mösien
- ⇒ German: Mösogothen; mösogothisch
Further reading
edit- “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.
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