Massilia

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Massilia, from Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía). === Noun === Massilia Alternative form of Massalia ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Μασσαλία (Massalía), possibly an Ancient Ligurian toponym or perhaps from Ancient Greek μάσσων (mássōn, “further”) +‎ ἅλς (háls, “sea”), literally “(city) on far end of the sea” cf. Ancient Greek παραλία (paralía). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [masˈsɪ.li.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [masˈsiː.li.a] === Proper noun === Massilia f sg (genitive Massiliae); first declension Marseille (the capital city of Bouches-du-Rhône department, in modern France; the capital city of the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) (historical) Massilia (a city in Gallia Narbonensis, now Marseille) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Massilia (learned) French: Marseille→ Czech: Marseille→ English: Marseille, marcella→ German: Marseille→ Russian: Марсе́ль (Marsélʹ)→ Ukrainian: Марсе́ль (Marsélʹ) → German: Massilien Italian: Marsiglia Occitan: Marselha Portuguese: Marselha → Russian: Массилия (Massilija) Spanish: Marsella === References === “Massilia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Massilia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.