Ἀσσυρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Akkadian 𒀸𒋗𒁺𐎹 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”), its original capital.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἀσσῠρίᾱ • (Assuríā) f (genitive Ἀσσῠρίᾱς); first declension

  1. Assyria

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Ἀσσυρίᾱ; τῆς Ἀσσυρίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἀσσυρίᾱ
hē Assuríā
Genitive τῆς Ἀσσυρίᾱς
tês Assuríās
Dative τῇ Ἀσσυρίᾳ
têi Assuríāi
Accusative τὴν Ἀσσυρίᾱν
tḕn Assuríān
Vocative Ἀσσυρίᾱ
Assuríā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Ἀσσύριος (Assúrios)

Descendants
  • Greek: Ασσυρία (Assyría)
  • → Latin: Assyria (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
  • Ἀσσυρία in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Ἀσσυρία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003
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