Messapii

Latin

Etymology

According to Pokorny, the Messapic name means "amid waters," from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos + *h₂ep-, the latter of which gave their region Apulia.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /mesˈsa.pi.iː/, [mɛs̠ˈs̠äpiː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mesˈsa.pi.i/, [mesˈsäːpiː]

Proper noun

Messapiī m pl (genitive Messapiōrum); second declension

  1. An Iapygian tribe that was settled in modern Apulia.

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Messapiī
Genitive Messapiōrum
Dative Messapiīs
Accusative Messapiōs
Ablative Messapiīs
Vocative Messapiī
Locative Messapiīs

References
  • de Bernardo Stempel, Patrizia (1999) Nominale Wortbildung des älteren Irischen: Stammbildung und Derivation [Noun Formation in Old Irish: Stem-formation and derivation] (Buchreihe der Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie) (in German), volume 15, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN
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