Μεσσάπιος
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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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mes.sá.pi.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mesˈsa.pi.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mesˈsa.pi.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mesˈsa.pi.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /meˈsa.pi.os/
Noun
Μεσσάπῐος • (Messápios) m (genitive Μεσσαπίου); second declension
Inflection
| 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 | ||||||||||
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Descendants
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
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017