Graecia

Latin

Etymology

From Graecus from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡrae̯.ki.a/, [ˈɡräe̯kiä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡre.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈɡrɛːt͡ʃiä]

Proper noun

Graecia f sg (genitive Graeciae); first declension

  1. Greece, ie. the country of the Greeks

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Graecia
Genitive Graeciae
Dative Graeciae
Accusative Graeciam
Ablative Graeciā
Vocative Graecia

Derived terms
Graecia

Descendants
  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: Gãrtsia
  • Ancient borrowings:
  • Modern borrowings:

References
  • “Graecia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Graecia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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