Μάρεια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μᾰρεῶτῐς (Mareôtis)

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian (mryt, “bank, shore, quay”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /má.reː.a/ → /ˈma.ri.a/ → /ˈma.ri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /má.reː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.ri.a/

Proper noun

Μᾰ́ρειᾰ • (Máreia) f (genitive Μᾰρείᾱς); first declension

1. Marea, Lake Mariout

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Μᾰ́ρειᾰ; τῆς Μᾰρείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μᾰ́ρειᾰ hē Máreia
Genitive	τῆς Μᾰρείᾱς tês Mareíās
Dative	τῇ Μᾰρείᾳ têi Mareíāi
Accusative	τὴν Μᾰ́ρειᾰν tḕn Máreian
Vocative	Μᾰ́ρειᾰ Máreia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Μάρεια (Máreia)
• → Latin: Marēa

Further reading

• “Μάρεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016