Ἀρμενία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (Armina).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ar.me.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ar.meˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ar.meˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ar.meˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ar.meˈni.a/
Proper noun
Ἀρμενίᾱ • (Armeníā) f (genitive Ἀρμενίᾱς); first declension
- Armenia (an ancient Armenian kingdom in eastern Anatolia, in modern eastern Turkey and Armenia)
- μεγάλη Ἀρμενία ― megálē Armenía ― Greater Armenia
- μικρὰ Ἀρμενία, ἑτέρα Ἀρμενία ― mikrà Armenía, hetéra Armenía ― Lesser Armenia
- 4th century BC, Xenophon, Anabasis, 3.5.17
- ἐδόκει δὲ τοῖς στρατηγοῖς ἀναγκαῖον εἶναι διὰ τῶν ὀρέων εἰς Καρδούχους ἐμβαλεῖν: τούτους γὰρ διελθόντας ἔφασαν εἰς Ἀρμενίαν ἥξειν, ἧς Ὀρόντας ἦρχε πολλῆς καὶ εὐδαίμονος. ἐντεῦθεν δ' εὔπορον ἔφασαν εἶναι ὅποι τις ἐθέλοι πορεύεσθαι.
- edókei dè toîs stratēgoîs anankaîon eînai dià tôn oréōn eis Kardoúkhous embaleîn: toútous gàr dielthóntas éphasan eis Armenían hḗxein, hês Oróntas êrkhe pollês kaì eudaímonos. enteûthen d' eúporon éphasan eînai hópoi tis ethéloi poreúesthai.
- The opinion of the generals however, was that they must make their way through the mountains into the country of the Carduchians; for the prisoners said that after passing through this country they would come to Armenia, the large and prosperous province of which Orontas was ruler; and from there, they said, it was easy to go in any direction one chose.
- 1st century AD, Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, 1.90
- ἔπειτα τῆς λάρνακος περὶ ἄκραν τινὰ ὄρους σταθείσης κατὰ τὴν Ἀρμενίαν συνεὶς ὁ Νῶχος ἀνοίγει τ' αὐτὴν καὶ θεασάμενος γῆν βραχεῖαν περὶ αὐτὴν ἐπὶ χρηστοτέρας ἤδη γεγονὼς ἐλπίδος ἠρέμει.
- épeita tês lárnakos perì ákran tinà órous statheísēs katà tḕn Armenían suneìs ho Nôkhos anoígei t' autḕn kaì theasámenos gên brakheîan perì autḕn epì khrēstotéras ḗdē gegonṑs elpídos ērémei.
- After this, the ark rested on the top of a certain mountain in Armenia; which, when Noah understood, he opened it; and seeing a small piece of land about it, he continued quiet, and conceived some cheerful hopes of deliverance.
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ἀρμενίᾱ hē Armeníā | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ἀρμενίᾱς tês Armeníās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ἀρμενίᾳ têi Armeníāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ἀρμενίᾱν tḕn Armeníān | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἀρμενίᾱ Armeníā | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἀρμένιος (Arménios)
Descendants
- Greek: Αρμενία (Armenía)
- → Latin: Armenia
- → Arabic: أَرْمِينِيَا (ʔarmīniyā)
Adjective
Ἀρμενίᾱ • (Armeníā)
- inflection of Ἀρμένιος (Arménios):
Further reading
- “Ἀρμενία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ἀρμενία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002
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