Μεσοποταμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The feminine substantive form of the adjective μεσοποτάμιος (mesopotámios) from μέσος (mésos, “middle, between”) and ποταμός (potamós, “river”), compare with the Hebrew אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μεσοποταμίᾱ • (Mesopotamíā) f (genitive Μεσοποταμίᾱς); first declension

  1. (historical) Mesopotamia (a geographic region in southwest Asia, spanning from the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, located in modern Iraq, eastern Syria, and southeast Turkey; the site of one of the most ancient civilizations in the history of man)
  2. (historical) Mesopotamia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 116 to 117 AD and again from 198 to 637 AD)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱ; τῆς Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱ
hē Mesopotămíā
Genitive τῆς Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱς
tês Mesopotămíās
Dative τῇ Μεσοποτᾰμίᾳ
tēî Mesopotămíāi
Accusative τὴν Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱν
tḕn Mesopotămíān
Vocative Μεσοποτᾰμίᾱ
Mesopotămíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: Mesopotamia

References

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