Graecia

Latin

Etymology

From Graecus from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrae̯.ki.a/, [ˈɡräe̯kiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡre.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈɡrɛːt͡ʃiä]

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

• Magna Graecia

Related terms

Graecia

• Graeculus
• graecus
• Grāiugena
• Grāius

Descendants

• Ancient borrowings:
  • → Irish: An Ghréig
• Modern borrowings:
  • → Albanian: Greqia
  • → Aromanian: Gãrtsia
  • → Catalan: Grècia
  • → Galician: Grecia
  • → Italian: Grecia
  • → Old French: Grece
    • French: Grèce
    • → Middle English: Grece
      • English: Greece (see there for further descendants)
  • → Portuguese: Grécia
  • → Romanian: Grecia
  • → Sicilian: Grecia
  • → Spanish: Grecia

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.