μαγνησία

See also: Μαγνησία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Clipping of Μαγνησίᾱ λίθος (Magnēsíā líthos, literally “Magnesian stone”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡnɛː.sí.aː/ → /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/ → /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡnɛː.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ma.ɡne̝ˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/

Noun

μαγνησίᾱ • (magnēsíā) f (genitive μαγνησίᾱς); first declension

1. name of several ores and metallic amalgams

Declension

First declension of ἡ μαγνησίᾱ; τῆς μαγνησίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ μαγνησίᾱ hē magnēsíā
Genitive	τῆς μαγνησίᾱς tês magnēsíās
Dative	τῇ μαγνησίᾳ têi magnēsíāi
Accusative	τὴν μαγνησίᾱν tḕn magnēsíān
Vocative	μαγνησίᾱ magnēsíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: μαγνησία (magnisía)
• → Arabic: مَغْنِيسِيَا (maḡnīsiyā)
• → Medieval Latin: magnēsia
  • → English: magnesia
  • → French: magnésie (learned)
  • → Italian: magnesia (learned)
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: magnesia
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: magnesia
  • → Portuguese: magnésia (learned)
  • → Spanish: magnesia (learned)
  • ⇒ Italian: manganese
    • → French: manganèse
      • → English: manganese, manganesium, manganesum
        • → Welsh: manganîs
  • ⇒ New Latin: magnēsium (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “μαγνησία”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “Μάγνης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαγνησίᾱ (magnēsíā), from the city Μαγνησία (Magnēsía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɣniˈsi.a/

Noun

μαγνησία • (magnisía) f (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) magnesium oxide, magnesia

Declension

  μαγνησία

case     \     number	singular
nominative	μαγνησία •
genitive	μαγνησίας •
accusative	μαγνησία •
vocative	μαγνησία •

Further reading

• Μαγνησία (χημεία) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el