Westsaxonia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Westsaxōnia f sg (genitive Westsaxōniae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) Wessex
- c. 1340, John of Glastonbury, Cronica sive Antiquitates Glastoniensis Ecclesie; republished as David Townsend, transl., edited by James P. Carley, The Chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey […], 1985, →ISBN, page 80:
- Cerdicus autem postquam regnauerat in Westsaxonia quindecim annis moritur et successit ei Kinricus filius suus viginti septem annis regnaturus.
- After Cerdic had reigned in Wessex for fifteen years he died, and his son Cynric, who reigned for twenty-seven years, succeeded him.
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Westsaxōnia |
| Genitive | Westsaxōniae |
| Dative | Westsaxōniae |
| Accusative | Westsaxōniam |
| Ablative | Westsaxōniā |
| Vocative | Westsaxōnia |