Messapii
English
Noun
Messapii pl (plural only)
- The Messapians.
Latin
Etymology
According to Pokorny, the Messapic name means "amid waters," from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos + *h₂ep-, the latter of which gave their region Apulia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛsˈsa.pi.iː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mesˈsaː.pi.i]
Proper noun
Messapiī m pl (genitive Messapiōrum); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Messapiī |
| genitive | Messapiōrum |
| dative | Messapiīs |
| accusative | Messapiōs |
| ablative | Messapiīs |
| vocative | Messapiī |
| locative | Messapiīs |
References
- de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN