Ἰλλυρία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἰλλῠρῐός (Illuriós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā). Of obscure origin, but possibly from a conjectural Illyrian *Hullurio (“(place or tribe) of the serpent”), from Proto-Indo-European *udlós.[1] Alternatively related to Albanian *hĭwĭd-lʉh (“water snake”), from older Albanian *hud-lós. See hyll.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ • (Illuríā) f (genitive Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Illyria

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ
hē Illuríā
Genitive τῆς Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱς
tês Illuríās
Dative τῇ Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾳ
têi Illuríāi
Accusative τὴν Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Illuríān
Vocative Ἰλλῠρῐ́ᾱ
Illuríā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Ιλλυρία (Illyría)

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
  1. Eichner, Heiner. 2004. Illyrisch – die unbekannte Sprache. In: Museum für Urgeschichte Asparn a. d. Zaya (ed.): Die Illyrer. Archäologische Funde des 1. vorchristlichen Jahrtausends aus Albanien, pp. 92–117.
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