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Assyria
Assyria
English
Proper noun
Assyria
- A Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq), that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history.
Derived terms
Translations
Semitic Akkadian kingdom
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀσσυρία (Assuría), from Akkadian 𒀸𒋗𒁺𐎹 (Aššūrāyu), from 𒀸𒋩 (Aššur, “Assur”), its original capital.
Proper noun
Assyria f (genitive Assyriae); first declension
- Assyria (ancient kingdom and subsequent Roman province)
Declension
First declension.
Case | Singular |
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nominative | Assyria |
genitive | Assyriae |
dative | Assyriae |
accusative | Assyriam |
ablative | Assyriā |
vocative | Assyria |
References
- Assyria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Assyria”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Assyria in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- Assyria in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Assyria in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese
Proper noun
Assyria f
- Obsolete spelling of Assíria (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).