μαγνησία

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Clipping of Μαγνησίᾱ λίθος (Magnēsíā líthos, literally “Magnesian stone”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡnɛː.sí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡne̝ˈsi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/

Noun

μαγνησίᾱ • (magnēsíā) f (genitive μαγνησίᾱς); first declension

name of several ores and metallic amalgams

Declension

First declension of ἡ μαγνησίᾱ; τῆς μαγνησίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ μαγνησίᾱ hē magnēsíā
Genitive	τῆς μαγνησίᾱς tês magnēsíās
Dative	τῇ μαγνησίᾳ têi magnēsíāi
Accusative	τὴν μαγνησίᾱν tḕn magnēsíān
Vocative	μαγνησίᾱ magnēsíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: μαγνησία (magnisía)
→ Arabic: مَغْنِيسِيَا (maḡnīsiyā)
→ Medieval Latin: magnēsia
- → English: magnesia
- → French: magnésie (learned)
- → Italian: magnesia (learned)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: magnesia
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: magnesia
- → Portuguese: magnésia (learned)
- → Spanish: magnesia (learned)
- ⇒ Italian: manganese
  - → French: manganèse
    - → English: manganese, manganesium, manganesum (obsolete)
      - → Welsh: manganîs
- ⇒ New Latin: magnēsium (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

“μαγνησία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
“Μάγνης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαγνησίᾱ (magnēsíā), from the city Μαγνησία (Magnēsía).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/

Noun

μαγνησία • (magnisía) f (uncountable)

(chemistry) magnesium oxide, magnesia

Declension

μαγνησία

case \ number	singular
nominative	μαγνησία •
genitive	μαγνησίας •
accusative	μαγνησία •
vocative	μαγνησία •

Further reading

Μαγνησία (χημεία) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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