Ἰουερνία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Ῑ̓ϝερνῐ́ᾱ (Īwernĭ́ā), Ῑ̔βερνῐ́ᾱ (Hībernĭ́ā)
  • Ῑ̓ϝέρνη (Īwérnē), Ῑ̓έρνη (Īérnē)

Etymology

Borrowed from Primitive Irish *Īweriū and its genitive *Īweriyonah (whence probably Éire, see there), from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ • (Īouernĭ́ā) f (genitive Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Ireland

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ
hē Īouernĭ́ā
Genitive τῆς Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱς
tês Īouernĭ́ās
Dative τῇ Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾳ
tēî Īouernĭ́āi
Accusative τὴν Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Īouernĭ́ān
Vocative Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ
Īouernĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Ιουερνία (Iouernía)
  • Latin: Hibernia, Ivernia

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014
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