Μολοσσία

Μολοσσία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Μολοσσός (Molossós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mo.los.sí.aː/ → /mo.losˈsi.a/ → /mo.loˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.los.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mo.losˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mo.losˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mo.losˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mo.loˈsi.a/

Proper noun

Μολοσσῐ́ᾱ • (Molossíā) f (genitive Μολοσσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Molossia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μολοσσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Μολοσσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μολοσσῐ́ᾱ hē Molossíā
Genitive	τῆς Μολοσσῐ́ᾱς tês Molossíās
Dative	τῇ Μολοσσῐ́ᾳ têi Molossíāi
Accusative	τὴν Μολοσσῐ́ᾱν tḕn Molossíān
Vocative	Μολοσσῐ́ᾱ Molossíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Μολοσσῐκός (Molossikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Μολοσσία (Molossía)
• Latin: Molossia

References

• “Μολοσσία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017