Messia

See also: messia

English

Etymology

From the Latin Messia, from messiō (“a reaping”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsiə/

Proper noun

Messia

1. The Roman goddess of reaping.

Translations

Roman goddess of reaping

Latin: Messia f

Anagrams

• Massie

Italian

Etymology

From the Latin Messias.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /mesˈsi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: Mes‧sì‧a

Proper noun

il Messia m

1. the Messiah

Anagrams

• Massei, sesami

Latin

Etymology 1

From messiō (“a reaping”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛs.si.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛs.si.a]

Proper noun

Messia f sg (genitive Messiae); first declension

1. Messia, in Tertullian prose, mocking synonym of Ceres.
   1. nominative/vocative of Messia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Messia
genitive	Messiae
dative	Messiae
accusative	Messiam
ablative	Messiā
vocative	Messia

See also

• Secia
• Tutelina

References

• “Messĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• Messīā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛsˈsiː.aː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mesˈsiː.a]
• Messīa:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛsˈsiː.a]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mesˈsiː.a]

Proper noun

Messīā m

1. ablative of Messīās

Proper noun

Messīa m

1. vocative of Messīās