"Messapii" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} Messapii pl (plural only)
  1. The Messapians. Tags: plural, plural-only

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: [mɛsˈsa.pi.iː] [Classical-Latin], [mesˈsaː.pi.i] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: According to Pokorny, the Messapic name means "amid waters," from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos + *h₂ep-, the latter of which gave their region Apulia. Etymology templates: {{der|la|cms|-}} Messapic, {{der|la|ine-pro|*médʰyos}} Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Messapiī<2.loc>|g=m}} Messapiī m pl (genitive Messapiōrum); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Messapiī<2.loc>}} Forms: Messapiī [canonical, masculine, plural], Messapiōrum [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Messapiī [nominative, plural], Messapiōrum [genitive, plural], Messapiīs [dative, plural], Messapiōs [accusative, plural], Messapiīs [ablative, plural], Messapiī [plural, vocative], Messapiīs [locative, plural]
  1. An Iapygian tribe that was settled in modern Apulia. Tags: declension-2
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