Μεσσάπιος

Ancient Greek

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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mes.sá.pi.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mesˈsa.pi.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mesˈsa.pi.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mesˈsa.pi.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈsa.pi.os/

Noun

Μεσσάπῐος • (Messápios) m (genitive Μεσσαπίου); second declension

one of the Messapii; a Messapian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Μεσσάπιος; τοῦ Μεσσαπίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Μεσσάπιος ho Messápios	τὼ Μεσσαπίω tṑ Messapíō	οἱ Μεσσάπιοι hoi Messápioi
Genitive	τοῦ Μεσσαπίου toû Messapíou	τοῖν Μεσσαπίοιν toîn Messapíoin	τῶν Μεσσαπίων tôn Messapíōn
Dative	τῷ Μεσσαπίῳ tôi Messapíōi	τοῖν Μεσσαπίοιν toîn Messapíoin	τοῖς Μεσσαπίοις toîs Messapíois
Accusative	τὸν Μεσσάπιον tòn Messápion	τὼ Μεσσαπίω tṑ Messapíō	τοὺς Μεσσαπίους toùs Messapíous
Vocative	Μεσσάπιε Messápie	Μεσσαπίω Messapíō	Μεσσάπιοι Messápioi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Μεσσάπιος (Messápios)
→ Latin: Messapius

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