Μεγάλη Ἑλλάς

Ancient Greek

Μεγᾰ́λη (Megálē, “Great”) +‎ Ἑλλᾰ́ς (Hellás, “Greece”), calque of Latin Magna Graecia (literally “Great Greece”).

Μεγᾰ́λη Ἑλλᾰ́ς • (Megálē Hellás) f (genitive Μεγᾰ́λης Ἑλλᾰ́δος); third declension (Koine, Byzantine)

(historical, geography) Magna Graecia; Hellenic parts of southern Italy and Sicily extensively settled by Ancient Greek colonists in such vast numbers that the Ancient Romans came to refer to the region as Great Greece

Third declension of ἡ Μεγᾰ́λη Ἑλλᾰ́ς; τῆς Μεγᾰ́λης Ἑλλᾰ́δος (Koine, Byzantine, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μεγᾰ́λη Ἑλλᾰ́ς hē Megálē Hellás
Genitive	τῆς Μεγᾰ́λης Ἑλλᾰ́δος tês Megálēs Helládos
Dative	τῇ Μεγᾰ́λῃ Ἑλλᾰ́δῐ têi Megálēi Helládi
Accusative	τὴν Μεγᾰ́λην Ἑλλᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Megálēn Helláda
Vocative	Μεγᾰ́λη Ἑλλᾰ́ς Megálē Hellás
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Byzantine Greek: Μεγάλη Ελλάς (Megálē Ellás)
- Greek: Μεγάλη Ελλάδα (Megáli Elláda)

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