Μασσαλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mas.sa.lí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mas.saˈli.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mas.saˈli.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mas.saˈli.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.saˈli.a/

Proper noun

Μασσαλίᾱ • (Massalíā) f (genitive Μασσαλίᾱς); first declension

Massalia; Massilia; Marseille, France

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μασσαλίᾱ; τῆς Μασσαλίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μασσαλίᾱ hē Massalíā
Genitive	τῆς Μασσαλίᾱς tês Massalíās
Dative	τῇ Μασσαλίᾳ têi Massalíāi
Accusative	τὴν Μασσαλίᾱν tḕn Massalíān
Vocative	Μασσαλίᾱ Massalíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Μασσαλιώτης (Massaliṓtēs)

Descendants

French: Marseille
Greek: Μασσαλία (Massalía)
Latin: Massilia
Occitan: Marselha

Further reading

Μασσαλία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Μασσαλία 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 1,016

Greek

Alternative forms

Μαρσίλια (Marsília)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /masaˈlia/
Hyphenation: Μα‧σσα‧λί‧α

Proper noun

Μασσαλία • (Massalía) f

Marseille (second largest city in France)

Declension

Declension of Μασσαλία (Massalía)

	singular
nominative	Μασσαλία •
genitive	Μασσαλίας •
accusative	Μασσαλία •
vocative	Μασσαλία •

Derived terms

Μασσαλιώτης m (Massaliótis, “male from Marseille”)
Μαρσεγιέζος m (Marsegiézos, “male from Marseille”) (colloquial)
Μασσαλιώτιδα f (Massaliótida, “female from Marseille, the Marseillaise”)
Μαρσεγιέζα m (Marsegiéza, “female from Marseille”) (colloquial)
μασσαλιώτικος (massaliótikos) (adjective)

Further reading

Μασσαλία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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