Χαλδαία

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Χᾰλδαίᾱ • (Khăldaíā) f (genitive Χᾰλδαίᾱς); first declension

  1. (historical) Chaldea (an ancient geographic region of Western Asia, in the southern portion of Babylonia in modern eastern Iraq and southwestern Iran, lying chiefly on the right bank of the Euphrates, but commonly used to refer to the whole of the Mesopotamian plain)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Χᾰλδαίᾱ; τῆς Χᾰλδαίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Χᾰλδαίᾱ
hē Khăldaíā
Genitive τῆς Χᾰλδαίᾱς
tês Khăldaíās
Dative τῇ Χᾰλδαίᾳ
tēî Khăldaíāi
Accusative τὴν Χᾰλδαίᾱν
tḕn Khăldaíān
Vocative Χᾰλδαίᾱ
Khăldaíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Chaldea, Chaldees
  • Greek: Χαλδαία (Chaldaía)
  • Latin: Chaldaea
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