Ῥωμανία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ῥωμᾱνός (Rhōmānós, “Roman”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /r̥ɔː.maː.ní.aː/ → /ro.maˈni.a/ → /ro.maˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /r̥ɔː.maː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ro.maˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ro.maˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ro.maˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ro.maˈni.a/

Proper noun

Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱ • (Rhōmāníā) f (genitive Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Roman Empire
2. Byzantine Empire

Usage notes

Ῥωμανία does not refer to modern Romania, which was previously called Rumania and modern Greeks still call Romania Ρουμανία to distinguish it from the Byzantine Empire (Ρωμανία).

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱ hē Rhōmāníā
Genitive	τῆς Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱς tês Rhōmāníās
Dative	τῇ Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾳ têi Rhōmāníāi
Accusative	τὴν Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Rhōmāníān
Vocative	Ῥωμᾱνῐ́ᾱ Rhōmāníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ρωμανία (Romanía)
• Latin: Rōmānia, Rhōmānia