Ἰουερνία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ῑ̓ϝερνῐ́ᾱ (Īwerníā), Ῑ̔βερνῐ́ᾱ (Hīberníā)
- Ῑ̓ϝέρνη (Īwérnē), Ῑ̓έρνη (Īérnē)
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *Φīweryū (compare Old Irish Ériu), from Proto-Indo-European *piHweryon-, likely related to Proto-Indo-European *piHwer- (“fat”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /iː.uː.er.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /i.u.erˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /i.u.erˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /i.u.erˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /i.u.erˈni.a/
Proper noun
Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ • (Īouerníā) f (genitive Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Ireland
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ hē Īouerníā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱς tês Īouerníās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾳ têi Īouerníāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Īouerníān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ Īouerníā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ιουερνία (Iouernía)
- The modern Greek name is Ιρλανδία (Irlandía), which derives from English.
- Latin: Hibernia, Ivernia
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014