Ἰουερνία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Ῑ̓ϝερνῐ́ᾱ (Īwerníā), Ῑ̔βερνῐ́ᾱ (Hīberníā)
  • Ῑ̓ϝέρνη (Īwérnē), Ῑ̓έρνη (Īérnē)

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *Φīweryū (compare Old Irish Ériu), from Proto-Indo-European *piHweryon-, likely related to Proto-Indo-European *piHwer- (“fat”), from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ • (Īouerníā) f (genitive Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Ireland

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ
hē Īouerníā
Genitive τῆς Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱς
tês Īouerníās
Dative τῇ Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾳ
têi Īouerníāi
Accusative τὴν Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Īouerníān
Vocative Ῑ̓ουερνῐ́ᾱ
Īouerníā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Ιουερνία (Iouernía)
    • The modern Greek name is Ιρλανδία (Irlandía), which derives from English.
  • Latin: Hibernia, Ivernia

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014
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