Βαβυλωνία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Βαβυλών (Babulṓn, “Babylon”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ba.by.lɔː.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ba.by.loˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βa.βy.loˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /va.vy.loˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /va.vi.loˈni.a/
Proper noun
Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱ • (Băbŭlōnĭ́ā) f (genitive Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- (historical) Babylonia (an ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Iran)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱ hē Băbŭlōnĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱς tês Băbŭlōnĭ́ās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾳ tēî Băbŭlōnĭ́āi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Băbŭlōnĭ́ān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱ Băbŭlōnĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Βαβυλώνιος (Babulṓnios)
Descendants
References
- Βαβυλωνία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Βαβυλωνία (Babulōnía). Doublet of βαβυλωνία (vavylonía, “confusion from voices speaking all together”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.vi.loˈni.a/
- Hyphenation: Βα‧βυ‧λω‧νί‧α
Proper noun
Βαβυλωνία • (Vavylonía) f (usually uncountable, plural Βαβυλωνίες)
- (historical) Babylonia (an ancient empire and geographic region of Mesopotamia, existing from 1850 BCE to 539 BCE, based around the city of Babylon; at its maximum extent, covering parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Iran)
Declension
Usually in the singular.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Βαβυλωνία (Vavylonía) | Βαβυλωνίες (Vavyloníes) |
| genitive | Βαβυλωνίας (Vavylonías) | Βαβυλωνιών (Vavylonión) |
| accusative | Βαβυλωνία (Vavylonía) | Βαβυλωνίες (Vavyloníes) |
| vocative | Βαβυλωνία (Vavylonía) | Βαβυλωνίες (Vavyloníes) |
See also
- Βαβυλωνία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
References
- ^ βαβυλωνία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language