Μαρώνεια

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Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.rɔ̌ː.neː.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /maˈro.ni.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /maˈro.ni.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /maˈro.ni.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /maˈro.ni.a/

Proper noun

Μᾰρώνεια • (Marṓneia) f (genitive Μᾰρωνείης); first declension

Maroneia, a city in Thrace
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 7.109.1:
  διαβὰς δὲ τοῦ Λίσου ποταμοῦ τὸ ῥέεθρον ἀπεξηρασμένον πόλιας Ἑλληνίδας τάσδε παραμείβετο, Μαρώνειαν Δίκαιαν Ἄβδηρα. ταύτας τε δὴ παρεξήιε καὶ κατὰ ταύτας λίμνας ὀνομαστὰς τάσδε, Μαρωνείης μὲν μεταξὺ καὶ Στρύμης κειμένην Ἰσμαρίδα, κατὰ δὲ Δίκαιαν Βιστονίδα, ἐς τὴν ποταμοὶ δύο ἐσιεῖσι τὸ ὕδωρ, Τραῦός τε καὶ Κόμψαντος.
  diabàs dè toû Lísou potamoû tò rhéethron apexērasménon pólias Hellēnídas tásde parameíbeto, Marṓneian Díkaian Ábdēra. taútas te dḕ parexḗie kaì katà taútas límnas onomastàs tásde, Marōneíēs mèn metaxù kaì Strúmēs keiménēn Ismarída, katà dè Díkaian Bistonída, es tḕn potamoì dúo esieîsi tò húdōr, Traûós te kaì Kómpsantos.
  1910 translation by George Rawlinson
  After crossing the dry channel of the Lissus, passed the Grecian cities of Maroneia, Dicaea, and Abdera, and likewise the famous lakes which are in their neighbourhood, Lake Ismaris between Maroneia and Stryme, and Lake Bistonis near Dicaea, which receives the waters of two rivers, the Travus and the Compsantus.

Declension

First declension of ἡ Μᾰρώνειᾰ; τῆς Μᾰρωνείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μᾰρώνειᾰ hē Marṓneia
Genitive	τῆς Μᾰρωνείᾱς tês Marōneíās
Dative	τῇ Μᾰρωνείᾳ têi Marōneíāi
Accusative	τὴν Μᾰρώνειᾰν tḕn Marṓneian
Vocative	Μᾰρώνειᾰ Marṓneia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

Entry in J. Enoch Powell, A Lexicon to Herodotus

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