Graecia

Latin

Etymology

From Graecus from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrae̯.ki.a/, [ˈɡräe̯kiä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡre.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈɡrɛːt͡ʃiä]

Proper noun

Graecia f sg (genitive Graeciae); first declension

Greece (a country in Southeast Europe)
Synonym: Hellas

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	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.

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