Σαμάρεια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Σᾰμᾰρῐ́ᾱ (Sămărĭ́ā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew שֹׁמְרוֹן (šōmrōn).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.má.reː.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /saˈma.ri.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /saˈma.ri.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /saˈma.ri.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /saˈma.ri.a/

Proper noun

Σᾰμᾰ́ρειᾰ • (Sămắreiă) f (genitive Σᾰμᾰρείᾱς); first declension

Samaria

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σᾰμᾰ́ρειᾰ; τῆς Σᾰμᾰρείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σᾰμᾰ́ρειᾰ hē Sămắreiă
Genitive	τῆς Σᾰμᾰρείᾱς tês Sămăreíās
Dative	τῇ Σᾰμᾰρείᾳ tēî Sămăreíāi
Accusative	τὴν Σᾰμᾰ́ρειᾰν tḕn Sămắreiăn
Vocative	Σᾰμᾰ́ρειᾰ Sămắreiă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: Samaria

References

“Σαμάρεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
G4540 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible