Messenia

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Proper noun

Messenia

  1. A regional unit in the south-western Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Kalamata. The original capital was at Messene.

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Latin

Map of ancient Messenia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσηνία (Messēnía).

Proper noun

Messēnia f sg (genitive Messēniae); first declension

  1. Messenia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Messēnia
genitive Messēniae
dative Messēniae
accusative Messēniam
ablative Messēniā
vocative Messēnia

References

  • “Messene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Messenia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Messenia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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