Messenia

English

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Messenia

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Messinia

Proper noun

Messenia

1. A regional unit in the south-western Peloponnese, Greece, which has its modern capital at Kalamata. The original capital was at Messene.

Translations

region

Catalan: Messènia f Greek: Μεσσηνία (el) f (Messinía) Ancient Greek: Μεσσηνία f (Messēnía) Latin: Messenia Portuguese: Messênia, Messénia f Spanish: Mesenia (es) f Turkish: Mesinya

Anagrams

• Eisemans, Misesean, nemesias, seminase

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσηνία (Messēnía).

Proper noun

Messēnia f sg (genitive Messēniae); first declension

1. Messenia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Messēnia
genitive	Messēniae
dative	Messēniae
accusative	Messēniam
ablative	Messēniā
vocative	Messēnia

References

• “Messene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Messenia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Messenia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly