Αὐσονία

Αὐσονία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Αὐσονῐ́η (Ausoníē)

Etymology

From Αὔσων (Aúsōn, “Auson, a son of Ulysses who was thought to have settled there”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /au̯.so.ní.aː/ → /aɸ.soˈni.a/ → /af.soˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.so.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aʍ.soˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɸ.soˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /af.soˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /af.soˈni.a/

Proper noun

Αὐσονῐ́ᾱ • (Ausoníā) f (genitive Αὐσονῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (poetic) Italy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Αὐσονῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Αὐσονῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Αὐσονῐ́ᾱ hē Ausoníā
Genitive	τῆς Αὐσονῐ́ᾱς tês Ausoníās
Dative	τῇ Αὐσονῐ́ᾳ têi Ausoníāi
Accusative	τὴν Αὐσονῐ́ᾱν tḕn Ausoníān
Vocative	Αὐσονῐ́ᾱ Ausoníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• Ἰταλία (Italía)

References

• Αὐσονία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Αὐσονία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Αὐσονία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)