Γαλατία

See also: Γαλλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Γᾰλᾰ́της (Gălắtēs) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Γᾰλᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (Gălătĭ́ā) f (genitive Γᾰλᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Galatia (a historical region of ancient Asia Minor, in what is now central Turkey)
  2. Galatia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 25 BC to the late 7th century AD)
  3. Gaul (a historical region of Western Europe referring to areas occupied by Celts during Roman times, roughly corresponding to modern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy (Lombardy), the Netherlands, and Germany west of the Rhine)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Γᾰλᾰτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Γᾰλᾰτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Γᾰλᾰτῐ́ᾱ
hē Gălătĭ́ā
Genitive τῆς Γᾰλᾰτῐ́ᾱς
tês Gălătĭ́ās
Dative τῇ Γᾰλᾰτῐ́ᾳ
tēî Gălătĭ́āi
Accusative τὴν Γᾰλᾰτῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Gălătĭ́ān
Vocative Γᾰλᾰτῐ́ᾱ
Gălătĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Γαλατία (Galatía)
  • → Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌰 (galatia)
  • → Latin: Galatīa (see there for further descendants)

References

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