Ἰταλία

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain.

An early borrowing from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú, “land of young cattle”) or a related Italic language with /w/ in the anlaut disappearing in Greek before the classical period, and later reanalyzed as Ῑ̓τᾰλός (Ītalós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

In such case, derived from Proto-Italic *wetelos (“yearling, calf”), from Proto-Indo-European *wet- (“year”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱ • (Ītalíā) f (genitive Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. (Classical Ancient Greek) southernmost Italy, roughly corresponding to modern Calabria
  2. Italy (an ancient region in Southern Europe, corresponding to modern Italy)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱ
hē Ītalíā
Genitive τῆς Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱς
tês Ītalíās
Dative τῇ Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾳ
têi Ītalíāi
Accusative τὴν Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Ītalíān
Vocative Ῑ̓τᾰλῐ́ᾱ
Ītalíā
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