Moesia

See also: Moésia and Mœsia

English

Moesia as a Roman province

Alternative forms

Mœsia (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin Moesia, from Ancient Greek Μοισία (Moisía).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːsi.ə/
(US) IPA^(key): /miːʃi.ə/, /ˈmiːʒə/

Proper noun

Moesia

(geography, historical) An ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans, along the south bank of the Danube Rive, mainly in what is now Bulgaria and Serbia.

Derived terms

Moesogoth, Moesogothic

Translations

an ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans

Albanian: Mëzia
Bulgarian: Мизия (Mizija)
French: Mésie (fr) f
German: Mösien n, Moesia
Greek: Μοισία f (Moisía)
Ancient: Μοισία f (Moisía)
Hungarian: Moesia
Italian: Mesia f
Latin: Moesia f

Macedonian: Мезија (Mezija)
Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭥𐭮𐭩𐭠𐭩 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩‎‎ (Mūsyā-šahr), [script needed] (mysyʾ)
Parthian: 𐭌𐭅𐭎𐭉𐭀 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓‎‎ (Mūsyā xšahr)
Portuguese: Mésia f, Moésia f
Romanian: Moesia
Russian: Мёзия (Mjózija)
Serbo-Croatian: Мезија, Mezija
Spanish: Mesia f
Turkish: Moesia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μοισῐ́ᾱ (Moisíā, “land of the Moesi”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmoe̯.si.a/

Proper noun

Moesia f (genitive Moesiae); first declension

Moesia

Declension

First declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Moesia
genitive	Moesiae
dative	Moesiae
accusative	Moesiam
ablative	Moesiā
vocative	Moesia

Related terms

Moesī
Moesiacus
Moesicus

Further reading

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

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