Μέγαρα Ὑβλαῖα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Μέγαρα (Mégara) and Ὑβλαῖα (Hublaîa), this latter is the neuter plural of Ὑβλαῖος (Hublaîos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mé.ɡa.ra hy.blâi̯.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɡa.ra (h)yˈblɛ.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ra yˈβlɛ.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ra yˈvle.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈme.ɣa.ra iˈvle.a/
Proper noun
Μέγαρα Ὑβλαῖα • (Mégara Hublaîa) n (plural only)
- Megara Hyblaea, an ancient Greek colony in Sicily, situated near Augusta. It took the adjective "hyblaea" after Hyblon, a Sicel leader, finally settled at a place afterwards called the "Hyblaean Megara", named after the goddess Hybla.
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τᾰ̀ Μεγᾰρον Ὕβλαιᾰ tằ Megăron Húblaiă | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Μεγᾰρον Ὑβλαίων tôn Megăron Hublaíōn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τοῖς Μεγᾰρον Ὑβλαίοις toîs Megăron Hublaíois | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾰ̀ Μεγᾰρον Ὕβλαιᾰ tằ Megăron Húblaiă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Μεγᾰρον Ὕβλαιᾰ Megăron Húblaiă | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
- Ὕβλα (Húbla)
- Ὕβλα ἡ Γελεᾶτις (Húbla hē Geleâtis)
- Ὕβλα Ἡραία (Húbla Hēraía)
Descendants
- English: Megara Hyblaea
- Greek: Μέγαρα Υβλαία (Mégara Yvlaía)
- Italian: Megara Iblea
- Latin: Megara Hyblaea
- Sicilian: Megara Ibblea