Πελοπόννησος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Πέλοψ (Pélops) + νῆσος (nêsos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.lo.pón.nɛː.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe.loˈpon.ne̝.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pe.loˈpon.ni.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pe.loˈpon.ni.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pe.loˈpo.ni.sos/
Proper noun
Πελοπόννησος • (Pelopónnēsos) f (genitive Πελοποννήσου); second declension
- the Peloponnese or Peloponnesus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Πελοπόννησος hē Pelopónnēsos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Πελοποννήσου tês Peloponnḗsou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Πελοποννήσῳ têi Peloponnḗsōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Πελοπόννησον tḕn Pelopónnēson | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πελοπόννησε Pelopónnēse | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Πελοποννήσιος (Peloponnḗsios)
Descendants
- English: Peloponnese, Peloponnesus
- Greek: Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnisos)
- → Latin: Peloponnēsus
Further reading
- “Πελοπόννησος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Πελοπόννησος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020
Peloponnese on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos).
Proper noun
Πελοπόννησος • (Pelopónnisos) f
- Peloponnese, a region of Greece
Declension
Πελοπόννησος
| case \ number | singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Πελοπόννησος • |
| genitive | Πελοποννήσου • |
| accusative | Πελοπόννησο • |
| vocative | Πελοπόννησε • Πελοπόννησο • |
Further reading
- Πελοπόννησος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el