Edessa

See also: edessä

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iˈdes.ə/

Proper noun

Edessa

  1. A city in Greece, capital in Pella Prefecture, in periphery of Central Macedonia.
  2. (historical) Ancient city in northwestern Mesopotamia, the capital of Osroene, on the site of modern Şanlıurfa in Turkey.

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Proper noun

Edessa f

  1. Edessa (city in Greece)
  2. Edessa (city in Turkey)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa).

Proper noun

Edessa f (genitive Edessae); first declension

  1. Edessa, Şanlıurfa (capital of Osroene, city in modern Turkey)
  2. Edessa (city in Greece)

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Edessa
genitive Edessae
dative Edessae
accusative Edessam
ablative Edessā
vocative Edessa
locative Edessae

References

  • Edessa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Edessa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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