Μεσσήνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Found in Mycenaean Greek inscriptions (Linear B) as 𐀕𐀼𐀙 (me-za-na).[1]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Μεσσήνη • (Messḗnē) f (genitive Μεσσήνης); first declension

  1. Messene, Messenia, Greece
  2. Messina, Sicily, Italy

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Μεσσήνη; τῆς Μεσσήνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Μεσσήνη
hē Messḗnē
Genitive τῆς Μεσσήνης
tês Messḗnēs
Dative τῇ Μεσσήνῃ
têi Messḗnēi
Accusative τὴν Μεσσήνην
tḕn Messḗnēn
Vocative Μεσσήνη
Messḗnē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. Bennet, John (1998), "The Linear B Archives and the Kingdom of Nestor", in Davis, Jack L, Sandy Pylos: an Archaeological History from Nestor to Navarino, Austin: University of Texas Press, pp. 132–133

Further reading
  • Μεσσήνη in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017
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