Πελοπόννησος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Πέλοψ (Pélops) +‎ νῆσος (nêsos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.lo.pón.nɛː.sos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.loˈpon.ne̝.sos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.loˈpon.ni.sos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.loˈpon.ni.sos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.loˈpo.ni.sos/

Proper noun

Πελοπόννησος • (Pelopónnēsos) f (genitive Πελοποννήσου); second declension

the Peloponnese or Peloponnesus

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Πελοπόννησος; τῆς Πελοποννήσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πελοπόννησος hē Pelopónnēsos
Genitive	τῆς Πελοποννήσου tês Peloponnḗsou
Dative	τῇ Πελοποννήσῳ têi Peloponnḗsōi
Accusative	τὴν Πελοπόννησον tḕn Pelopónnēson
Vocative	Πελοπόννησε Pelopónnēse
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Πελοποννήσιος (Peloponnḗsios)

Descendants

English: Peloponnese, Peloponnesus
Greek: Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnisos)
→ Latin: Peloponnēsus

Further reading

“Πελοπόννησος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Πελοπόννησος”, 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 1,020
Peloponnese on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos).

Proper noun

Πελοπόννησος • (Pelopónnisos) f

Peloponnese, a region of Greece

Declension

Πελοπόννησος

case \ number	singular
nominative	Πελοπόννησος •
genitive	Πελοποννήσου •
accusative	Πελοπόννησο •
vocative	Πελοπόννησε • Πελοπόννησο •

Further reading

Πελοπόννησος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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