Φλεγραία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Φλέγρα (Phlégra, “Phlegra”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰle.ɡrǎi̯.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰleˈɡrɛ.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸleˈɣrɛ.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fleˈɣre.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fleˈɣre.a/
Proper noun
Φλεγραίᾱ • (Phlegraíā) f (genitive Φλεγραίᾱς); first declension
- the Phlegraean Fields; Campi Flegrei, Campania, Italy
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Φλεγραίᾱ hē Phlegraíā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Φλεγραίᾱς tês Phlegraíās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Φλεγραίᾳ têi Phlegraíāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Φλεγραίᾱν tḕn Phlegraíān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Φλεγραίᾱ Phlegraíā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021