Ἰλλυρία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ἰλλῠρῐός (Illŭrĭós) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). Of obscure origin, but possibly from a conjectural Illyrian *Hullurio (“(place or tribe) of the serpent”), from Proto-Indo-European *udlós.[1] Alternatively related to Proto-Albanian *hĭwĭd-lʉh (“water snake”), from older Albanian *hud-lós. See hyll.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /il.ly.rí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /il.lyˈri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /il.lyˈri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /il.lyˈri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.liˈri.a/
Proper noun
Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ • (Illŭrĭ́ā) f (genitive Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Illyria (a vaguely-defined geographic region in Southeast Europe in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula, approximately coincident with modern Albania)
- Illyria, Illyricum (a much larger former province of the Roman Empire, covering the whole of Dalmatia and Pannonia, existing from 27 BC to c. 70 AD and reconstituted in 293 AD by Diocletian)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ hē Illŭrĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱς tês Illŭrĭ́ās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾳ tēî Illŭrĭ́āi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱν tḕn Illŭrĭ́ān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ Illŭrĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ιλλυρία (Illyría)
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
- ^ Eichner, Heiner. 2004. Illyrisch – die unbekannte Sprache. In: Museum für Urgeschichte Asparn a. d. Zaya (ed.): Die Illyrer. Archäologische Funde des 1. vorchristlichen Jahrtausends aus Albanien, pp. 92–117.