Προκόννησος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Possibly a compound of πρόξ (próx, “roe deer”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pro.kón.nɛː.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /proˈkon.ne̝.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /proˈkon.ni.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /proˈkon.ni.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /proˈko.ni.sos/
Proper noun
Προκόννησος • (Prokónnēsos) f (genitive Προκοννήσου); second declension
- Proconnesus; Marmara Island, Turkey
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Προκόννησος hē Prokónnēsos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Προκοννήσου tês Prokonnḗsou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Προκοννήσῳ têi Prokonnḗsōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Προκόννησον tḕn Prokónnēson | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Προκόννησε Prokónnēse | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Προκοννήσιος (Prokonnḗsios)
Descendants
- Greek: Προκόννησος (Prokónnisos)
- → Latin: Proconnēsus
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023