Graecia
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Graecus from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈɡrae̯.ki.a/, [ˈɡräe̯kiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡre.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈɡrɛːt͡ʃiä]
Proper noun
[edit]Graecia f sg (genitive Graeciae); first declension
- Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
- Synonym: Hellas
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Graecia |
genitive | Graeciae |
dative | Graeciae |
accusative | Graeciam |
ablative | Graeciā |
vocative | Graecia |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Ancient borrowings
- → Irish: An Ghréig
Modern borrowings
References
[edit]- “Graecia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Graecia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.