Σπανία

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spaˈni.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spaˈni.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spaˈni.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spaˈni.a/

Proper noun

Σπανία • (Spanía) f (genitive Σπανίας); first declension

(Koine, Byzantine) alternative form of Ἱσπᾱνίᾱ (Hispāníā)
- 55 CE – 57 CE, Epistle to the Romans 15:28:
  τοῦτο οὐν ἐπιτελέσας, καὶ σφραγισάμενος αὐτοῖς τὸν καρπὸν τοῦτον, ἀπελεύσομαι δι’ ὑμῶν εἰς τὴν Σπανίαν.
  toûto oun epitelésas, kaì sphragisámenos autoîs tòn karpòn toûton, apeleúsomai di’ humôn eis tḕn Spanían.
  Translation by KJV
  When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

Declension

First declension of ἡ Σπανίᾱ; τῆς Σπανίᾱς (Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σπανίᾱ hē Spaníā
Genitive	τῆς Σπανίᾱς tês Spaníās
Dative	τῇ Σπανίᾳ tēî Spaníāi
Accusative	τὴν Σπανίᾱν tḕn Spaníān
Vocative	Σπανίᾱ Spaníā

Descendants

→ Coptic: ⲧⲉⲥⲡⲁⲛⲓⲁ (tespania), ϯⲥⲡⲁⲛⲓⲁ (tispania)
→ Old Georgian: სპანიაჲ (sṗaniay)

Further reading

Σπανία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900), “Σπανία”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 1002
G4681 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible