Σμύρνα
See also: σμύρνα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zmýr.naː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈzmyr.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈzmyr.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈzmyr.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈzmir.na/
Proper noun
Σμύρνᾱ • (Smúrnā) f (genitive Σμύρνᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Σμῠ́ρνᾰ hē Smŭ́rnă | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Σμῠ́ρνης tês Smŭ́rnēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Σμῠ́ρνῃ tēî Smŭ́rnēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Σμῠ́ρνᾰν tḕn Smŭ́rnăn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σμῠ́ρνᾰ Smŭ́rnă | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Σμυρναῖος (Smurnaîos), Ζμυρναῖος (Zmurnaîos)
- Σμυρναϊκός (Smurnaïkós)
Descendants
- Greek: Σμύρνη (Smýrni)
- → Armenian: Զմյուռնիա (Zmyuṙnia)
- → Latin: Smyrna
- → English: Smyrna
- → Ottoman Turkish: ازمیر (İzmir) (see there for further descendants)
References
- “Σμύρνα”, 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 1,025
- Σμύρνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette