Graecia
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Latin
Etymology
From Graecus from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡrae̯.ki.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡre.t͡ʃi.a/,
Proper noun
Graecia f sg (genitive Graeciae); first declension
- Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
- Synonym: Hellas
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Graecia |
| genitive | Graeciae |
| dative | Graeciae |
| accusative | Graeciam |
| ablative | Graeciā |
| vocative | Graecia |
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Descendants
Ancient borrowings
- → Irish: An Ghréig
Modern borrowings
References
- “Graecia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Graecia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.