Morgantia
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Μοργάντιον (Morgántion), Μοργαντίνη (Morgantínē), identified by Strabo as a pre-Roman Italic tribe. The name could ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ-, *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”), showing an eastern Italic sound shift.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /morˈɡan.ti.a/, [mɔrˈɡän̪t̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /morˈɡan.t͡si.a/, [morˈɡänt̪͡s̪iä]
Proper noun
editMorgantia f sg (genitive Morgantiae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Morgantia |
Genitive | Morgantiae |
Dative | Morgantiae |
Accusative | Morgantiam |
Ablative | Morgantiā |
Vocative | Morgantia |
Locative | Morgantiae |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “Murgantĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Morgantia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Murgantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Jahresbericht über die Fortschritte der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft. (1940). Germany: O. R. Reisland, p. 44
- Strabo, Geographica 6.1.6
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