Βαβυλωνία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Βαβυλών (Babulṓn, “Babylon”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ba.by.lɔː.ní.aː/ → /βa.βy.loˈni.a/ → /va.vi.loˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ba.by.lɔː.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ba.by.loˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βa.βy.loˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /va.vy.loˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /va.vi.loˈni.a/

Proper noun

Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱ • (Babulōníā) f (genitive Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Babylonia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱ hē Babulōníā
Genitive	τῆς Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱς tês Babulōníās
Dative	τῇ Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾳ têi Babulōníāi
Accusative	τὴν Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Babulōníān
Vocative	Βᾰβῠλωνῐ́ᾱ Babulōníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Βαβυλώνιος (Babulṓnios)

Descendants

• Greek: Βαβυλωνία (Vavylonía)
• Latin: Babylonia

References

• Βαβυλωνία 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 1,003

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Βαβυλωνία (Babulōnía). Doublet of βαβυλωνία (vavylonía, “confusion from voices speaking all together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.vi.loˈni.a/
• Hyphenation: Βα‧βυ‧λω‧νί‧α

Proper noun

Βαβυλωνία • (Vavylonía) f (usually uncountable, plural Βαβυλωνίες)

1. Babylonia, Babylon

Declension

Usually in the singular.

Declension of Βαβυλωνία

	singular	plural
nominative	Βαβυλωνία •	Βαβυλωνίες •
genitive	Βαβυλωνίας •	Βαβυλωνιών •
accusative	Βαβυλωνία •	Βαβυλωνίες •
vocative	Βαβυλωνία •	Βαβυλωνίες •

See also

• Βαβυλωνία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el