Μοργαντίνη

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Identified by Strabo as a pre-Roman Italic tribe. The name could ultimately be from Proto-Indo-European *merǵ-, *marǵ- (“edge, boundary, border”), showing an eastern Italic sound shift.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μοργαντίνη • (Morgantínē) f (genitive Μοργαντίνης); first declension

  1. Morgantia, Sicily, Italy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μοργαντίνη; τῆς Μοργαντίνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Μοργαντίνη
hē Morgantínē
Genitive τῆς Μοργαντίνης
tês Morgantínēs
Dative τῇ Μοργαντίνῃ
têi Morgantínēi
Accusative τὴν Μοργαντίνην
tḕn Morgantínēn
Vocative Μοργαντίνη
Morgantínē
Notes:

References

  • “Murgantĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Μοργαντίνη”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Murgantia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Jahresbericht über die Fortschritte der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft. (1940). Germany: O. R. Reisland, p. 44
  • Strabo, Geographica 6.1.6

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