Messenia

English

Alternative forms
  • Messinia

Proper noun

Messenia

  1. A region in southwestern Peloponnese which has its modern capital at Kalamata. The original capital was at Messene.

Translations

Anagrams

Latin
Map of ancient Messenia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσηνία (Messēnía).

Proper noun

Messēnia f (genitive Messēniae); first declension

  1. Messenia

Declension

First declension.

Case 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
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