Θεσπρωτίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Θεσπρωτός (Thesprōtós, “Thesprotian”) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Θεσπρωτῐ́ς • (Thesprōtĭ́s) f (genitive Θεσπρωτῐ́δος); third declension

  1. Thesprotis; Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Θεσπρωτῐ́ς; τῆς Θεσπρωτῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Θεσπρωτῐ́ς
hē Thesprōtĭ́s
Genitive τῆς Θεσπρωτῐ́δος
tês Thesprōtĭ́dos
Dative τῇ Θεσπρωτῐ́δῐ
tēî Thesprōtĭ́dĭ
Accusative τὴν Θεσπρωτῐ́δᾰ
tḕn Thesprōtĭ́dă
Vocative Θεσπρωτῐ́ς
Thesprōtĭ́s
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

The typical Modern Greek form is Θεσπρωτία.

  • Greek: Θεσπρωτίς (Thesprotís); Θεσπρωτίδα (Thesprotída)
  • Latin: Thesprōtis

References

  • “Θεσπρωτίς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,027
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