Ἀσσυρία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Akkadian 𒀸𒋗𒁺𐎹 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”), its original capital.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.sy.rí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /as.syˈri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /as.syˈri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /as.syˈri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.siˈri.a/
Proper noun
Ἀσσῠρίᾱ • (Assuríā) f (genitive Ἀσσῠρίᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Ἀσσυρίᾱ hē Assuríā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Ἀσσυρίᾱς tês Assuríās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Ἀσσυρίᾳ têi Assuríāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Ἀσσυρίᾱν tḕn Assuríān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Ἀσσυρίᾱ Assuríā | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- Ἀσσύριος (Assúrios)
Descendants
- Greek: Ασσυρία (Assyría)
- → Latin: Assyria
Further reading
- Ἀσσυρία in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Ἀσσυρία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
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