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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Θεσπρωτός (Thesprōtós, “Thesprotian”) + -ίς (-ís).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʰes.prɔː.tís/ → /θes.proˈtis/ → /θes.proˈtis/
Proper noun
Θεσπρωτῐ́ς • (Thesprōtís) f (genitive Θεσπρωτῐ́δος); third declension
- Thesprotis; Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece
Inflection
Descendants
The typical Modern Greek form is Θεσπρωτία.
References
- “Θεσπρωτίς”, 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 1,027