Moesia

See also: Moésia and Mœsia

English

Moesia as a Roman province

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Moesia, from Ancient Greek Μοισία (Moisía).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmiːsi.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /miːʃi.ə/, /ˈmiːʒə/

Proper noun

Moesia

  1. (geography, historical) An ancient region and later Roman province situated in the Balkans, along the south bank of the Danube Rive, mainly in what is now Bulgaria and Serbia.

Derived terms

Translations


Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μοισῐ́ᾱ (Moisíā, land of the Moesi).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Moesia f (genitive Moesiae); first declension

  1. Moesia

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Moesia
Genitive Moesiae
Dative Moesiae
Accusative Moesiam
Ablative Moesiā
Vocative Moesia

Further reading

  • Moesi in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Moesia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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