Tyrrhenia
English edit
Etymology edit
Via Latin Tyrrhēnia from Ancient Greek Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ (Turrhēníā).
Proper noun edit
Tyrrhenia
- Land areas around the Tyrrhenian Sea (Corsica, Sardinia, and Italy's west coast).
- (historically) Etruria.
- (geology, paleogeography) A large landmass in the western Mediterranean basin.
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ (Turrhēníā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tyrˈreː.ni.aː/, [t̪ʏrˈreːniäː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tirˈre.ni.a/, [t̪irˈrɛːniä]
Proper noun edit
Tyrrhēnia f sg (genitive Tyrrhēniae); first declension
- Etruria (an ancient region of modern Italy; land of the Etruscans; homeland of the Italic Tyrrhenian peoples)
- land areas around the Tyrrhenian Sea, a part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy, bounded by Corsica and Sardinia (west), Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, and Calabria (east), and Sicily (south)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Tyrrhēnia |
Genitive | Tyrrhēniae |
Dative | Tyrrhēniae |
Accusative | Tyrrhēniam |
Ablative | Tyrrhēniā |
Vocative | Tyrrhēnia |
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See also edit
- Tyrrhenia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.