Μαγνησία

See also: μαγνησία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Μάγνης (Mágnēs) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱ • (Măgnēsĭ́ā) f (genitive Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece
  2. Magnesia in Asia Minor; Manisa, Turkey

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱ
hē Măgnēsĭ́ā
Genitive τῆς Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱς
tês Măgnēsĭ́ās
Dative τῇ Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾳ
tēî Măgnēsĭ́āi
Accusative τὴν Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Măgnēsĭ́ān
Vocative Μᾰγνησῐ́ᾱ
Măgnēsĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Μαγνησία (Magnisía)
  • → Latin: Magnēsia
  • → Turkish: Manisa

Further reading

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016
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