Graecia

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós)bor.
Latin Graecus
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -ia
Latin Graecia

    From Graecus + -ia.

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Graecia f sg (genitive Graeciae); first declension

    1. Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
      Synonym: Hellas

    Declension

    First-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Graecia
    genitive Graeciae
    dative Graeciae
    accusative Graeciam
    ablative Graeciā
    vocative Graecia

    Derived terms

    Graecia

    Descendants

    Ancient borrowings
    • → Irish: An Ghréig
    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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