peloponnesius
Latin
Alternative forms
- peloponnēnsius
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πελοποννήσιος (Peloponnḗsios). By surface analysis, Peloponnēsus + -ius (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛ.ɫɔ.pɔnˈneː.si.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pe.lo.ponˈnɛː.s̬i.us]
Adjective
peloponnēsius (feminine peloponnēsia, neuter peloponnēsium); first/second-declension adjective
- Peloponnesian (of or pertaining to the Peloponnese)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | peloponnēsius | peloponnēsia | peloponnēsium | peloponnēsiī | peloponnēsiae | peloponnēsia | |
| genitive | peloponnēsiī | peloponnēsiae | peloponnēsiī | peloponnēsiōrum | peloponnēsiārum | peloponnēsiōrum | |
| dative | peloponnēsiō | peloponnēsiae | peloponnēsiō | peloponnēsiīs | |||
| accusative | peloponnēsium | peloponnēsiam | peloponnēsium | peloponnēsiōs | peloponnēsiās | peloponnēsia | |
| ablative | peloponnēsiō | peloponnēsiā | peloponnēsiō | peloponnēsiīs | |||
| vocative | peloponnēsie | peloponnēsia | peloponnēsium | peloponnēsiī | peloponnēsiae | peloponnēsia | |
Related terms
- peloponnēnsiacus
- peloponnēnsis
- peloponnēsiacus
- peloponnēsis
- Peloponnēsus
Descendants
- → Spanish: peplonesio (learned)
- → Portuguese: peloponésio (learned)
Noun
peloponnēsius m (genitive peloponnēsiī or peloponnēsī, feminine peloponnēsia); second declension
- a (male) Peloponnesian (inhabitant of the Peloponnese)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “peloponnesius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “peloponnesius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.