μαγνησία

See also: Μαγνησία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Clipping of Μαγνησίᾱ λίθος (Magnēsíā líthos, literally “Magnesian stone”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡnɛː.sí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡne̝ˈsi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/

Noun

μαγνησίᾱ • (magnēsíā) f (genitive μαγνησίᾱς); first declension

name of several ores and metallic amalgams

Declension

First declension of ἡ μαγνησίᾱ; τῆς μαγνησίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ μαγνησίᾱ hē magnēsíā
Genitive	τῆς μαγνησίᾱς tês magnēsíās
Dative	τῇ μαγνησίᾳ tēî magnēsíāi
Accusative	τὴν μαγνησίᾱν tḕn magnēsíān
Vocative	μαγνησίᾱ magnēsíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: μαγνησία (magnisía)
→ Arabic: مَغْنِيسِيَا (maḡnīsiyā)
→ Medieval Latin: magnēsia
- → English: magnesia
- → French: magnésie (learned)
- → Italian: magnesia (learned)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: magnesia
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: magnesia
- → Portuguese: magnésia (learned)
- → Spanish: magnesia (learned)
- ⇒ Italian: manganese
  - → French: manganèse
    - → English: manganese, manganesium, manganesum (obsolete)
      - → Welsh: manganîs
- ⇒ New Latin: magnēsium (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

μαγνησία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
“Μάγνης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαγνησίᾱ (magnēsíā), from the city Μαγνησία (Magnēsía).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/

Noun

μαγνησία • (magnisía) f (uncountable)

(chemistry) magnesium oxide, magnesia

Declension

Declension of **μαγνησία**
	singular
nominative	μαγνησία (magnisía)
genitive	μαγνησίας (magnisías)
accusative	μαγνησία (magnisía)
vocative	μαγνησία (magnisía)

Further reading

Μαγνησία (χημεία) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el