"Παρθία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Παρθία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /par.tʰí.aː/, /parˈθi.a/, /parˈθi.a/, /par.tʰí.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /parˈtʰi.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /parˈθi.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /parˈθi.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /parˈθi.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Πάρθος (Párthos, “Parthian”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|Πάρθος|-ῐ́ᾱ|t1=Parthian}} Πάρθος (Párthos, “Parthian”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Πᾰρθῐ́ᾱς|f|first|head=Πᾰρθῐ́ᾱ}} Πᾰρθῐ́ᾱ • (Părthĭ́ā) f (genitive Πᾰρθῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Πᾰρθῐ́ᾱ|Πᾰρθῐ́ᾱς|form=S}} Forms: Πᾰρθῐ́ᾱ [canonical], Părthĭ́ā [romanization], Πᾰρθῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Πᾰρθῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], τῆς Πᾰρθῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], τῇ Πᾰρθῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], τὴν Πᾰρθῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], Πᾰρθῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative]
  1. Parthia, Parthian Empire (a former empire in Central Asia and West Asia, ruled by dynasts from Parthia; the Parthian Empire; the Arsacid Empire)
    Sense id: en-Παρθία-grc-name-QJxSGaia Categories (other): Ancient Near East, Former polities, History of Iran, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension: 68 32 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία: 64 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
  2. Parthia (a region in northeastern Iran) Categories (place): Places in Iran
    Sense id: en-Παρθία-grc-name-O6lW14c- Categories (other): Geographic and cultural areas of Iran
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Πᾰρθῐκός (Părthĭkós), Πᾰρθῐστῐ́ (Părthĭstĭ́)
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      "ipa": "/parˈθi.a/"
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