Ἔννα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. May be from Pre-Greek, Sicanian, or Sicel; if through an Italic language, the initial Ἔ could reflect Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰ, possibly Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm (“winter”).[1]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἔννᾰ • (Énna) f (genitive Ἔννης); first declension

  1. Henna; Enna, Italy

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Ἔννᾰ; τῆς Ἔννης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Ἔννᾰ
hē Énna
Genitive τῆς Ἔννης
tês Énnēs
Dative τῇ Ἔννῃ
têi Énnēi
Accusative τὴν Ἔννᾰν
tḕn Énnan
Vocative Ἔννᾰ
Énna
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Ἐνναῖος (Ennaîos)

Descendants
  • → Latin: Henna

References
  1. DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 188

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