Messene

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From Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀕𐀼𐀙 (me-za-na). Doublet of Messina.

Messene

1. An ancient Greek city in the southwest Peloponnesus and new capital of the region of Messenia.

• nemeses

• Messēna

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεσσήνη (Messḗnē).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mesˈseː.neː/, [mɛs̠ˈs̠eːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mesˈse.ne/, [mesˈsɛːne]

Messēnē f sg (genitive Messēnēs); first declension

1. The capital of Messenia, built under the direction of Epaminondas

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

• Messēnia
• Messēniī
• Messēnius

• “Messene”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Messene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Messene”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly