Προῦσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Named after Prusias (Προυσίας (Prousías)), an ancient king of Bithynia

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Προῦσᾰ • (Proûsa) f (genitive Προύσης); first declension

  1. Prusa; Bursa, Turkey
    • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 12.4.3:
      Προῦσα δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ Ὀλύμπῳ ἵδρυται τῷ Μυσίῳ
      Proûsa dè epì tôi Olúmpōi hídrutai tôi Musíōi
      Prusa is situated on the Mysian Olympus

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Προῦσᾰ; τῆς Προύσης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Προῦσᾰ
hē Proûsa
Genitive τῆς Προύσης
tês Proúsēs
Dative τῇ Προύσῃ
têi Proúsēi
Accusative τὴν Προῦσᾰν
tḕn Proûsan
Vocative Προῦσᾰ
Proûsa
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Προύσα (Proúsa); Προύσσα (Proússa)
  • Latin: Prūsa
  • Turkish: Bursa
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