Μασσαλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from a pre-Latin language of Italy, perhaps Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Μασσᾰλίᾱ • (Massalíā) f (genitive Μασσᾰλίᾱς); first declension

  1. Massalia (ancient Greek city and colony in modern southern France; modern Marseille)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Μασσᾰλίᾱ; τῆς Μασσᾰλίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Μασσᾰλίᾱ
hē Massalíā
Genitive τῆς Μασσᾰλίᾱς
tês Massalíās
Dative τῇ Μασσᾰλίᾳ
têi Massalíāi
Accusative τὴν Μασσᾰλίᾱν
tḕn Massalíān
Vocative Μασσᾰλίᾱ
Massalíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading
  • “Μασσαλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Μασσαλία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016

Greek

Alternative forms
  • Μαρσίλια (Marsília)
  • Μαρσέιγ (Marséig)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), perhaps from Ancient Ligurian mas (“spring”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.saˈli.a/
  • Hyphenation: Μα‧σσα‧λί‧α

Proper noun

Μασσαλία • (Massalía) f

  1. Marseille (the capital city of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, France; capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

Declension
  Μασσαλία
case     \     number singular
nominative Μασσαλία •
genitive Μασσαλίας •
accusative Μασσαλία •
vocative Μασσαλία •

Derived terms
  • Μασσαλιώτιδα f (Massaliótida, “female from Marseille, the Marseillaise”)
  • Μασσαλιώτης m (Massaliótis, “male from Marseille”)
  • μασσαλιώτικος (massaliótikos, adjective)
  • σαπούνι Μασσαλίας n (sapoúni Massalías, “Marseille soap”)
  • Μαρσεγιέζα m (Marsegiéza, “female from Marseille”, colloquial)
  • Μαρσεγιέζος m (Marsegiézos, “male from Marseille”, colloquial)

Further reading
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