Thesprotia

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /θɛsˈpɹəʊ.ʃə/

Proper noun

Thesprotia

1. A regional unit of the administrative region of Epirus, Greece.

Derived terms

• Thesprotian

Translations

prefecture in Greece

• French: Thesprotie
• Greek: Θεσπρωτία (el) f (Thesprotía)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεσπρωτῐ́ᾱ (Thesprōtíā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰesˈproː.ti.a/, [t̪ʰɛs̠ˈproːt̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tesˈprot.t͡si.a/, [t̪esˈprɔt̪ː͡s̪iä]

Proper noun

Thesprōtia f sg (genitive Thesprōtiae); first declension

1. An ancient region in Epirus, in modern Greece

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Thesprōtia
Genitive	Thesprōtiae
Dative	Thesprōtiae
Accusative	Thesprōtiam
Ablative	Thesprōtiā
Vocative	Thesprōtia

Related terms

• Thesprōtī
• Thesprōtius
• Thesprōtus

References

• “Thesprōti”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Thesprotia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Epeirus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly