Ἰταλία

See also: Ιταλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain.

    An early borrowing from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of young cattle”) or a related Italic language with /w/ in the anlaut disappearing in Greek before the classical period, and later reanalyzed as Ῑ̓τᾰλός (Ītălós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

    In such case, derived from Proto-Italic *wetelos (“yearling, calf”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).

    Pronunciation

     

    Proper noun

    Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱ • (Ītălĭ́ā) f (genitive Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱς); first declension

    1. (Classical Ancient Greek) southernmost Italy, roughly corresponding to modern Calabria
    2. Italy (an ancient region of Southern Europe, corresponding to modern Italy)

    Inflection

    First declension of ἡ Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
    Case / # Singular
    Nominative ἡ Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱ
    hē Ītălĭ́ā
    Genitive τῆς Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱς
    tês Ītălĭ́ās
    Dative τῇ Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾳ
    tēî Ītălĭ́āi
    Accusative τὴν Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱν
    tḕn Ītălĭ́ān
    Vocative Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱ
    Ītălĭ́ā
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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