LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininefirst declension

Armenia

Armenia f sg (genitive Armeniae)
Classical[arˈmɛ.ni.a]Ecclesiastical[arˈmɛː.ni.a]

Meaning

  1. femininesingularArmenia (an ancient Armenian kingdom in eastern Anatolia, in modern eastern Turkey and Armenia)
    Armenia MaiorGreater Armenia
    Armenia MinorLesser Armenia
  2. New LatinfemininesingularArmenia (a country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeArmenia—
genitiveArmeniae—
dativeArmeniae—
accusativeArmeniam—
ablativeArmeniā—
vocativeArmenia—
locativeArmeniae—

Armĕnĭa, ae, f., = Ἀρμενία.
I. A country of Asia, divided into Armenia Major (eastern, now Turcomania and Kurdistan) and Minor (western, now Anatolia), Plin. 6, 9, 9, § 25: utraque, Luc. 2, 638: utraeque, Flor. 3, 5, 21.—Absol. Armenia, for Armenia Minor, Cic. Div. 2, 37, 79; id. Phil. 2, 37, 94.— Hence,
II. Derivv.
A. Armĕnĭăcus, a, um, adj., = Ἀρμενιακός, Armenian: bellum, Plin. 7, 39, 40, § 129: triumphus, id. 30, 2, 6, § 16: cotes, id. 36, 22, 47, § 164.— Hence, Armeniacus, an epithet of the emperor Marcus Aurelius, on account of his conquest of Armenia, Capitol. M. Anton. Philos. 9; Inscr. Grut. 253, 2.—Armeniacum malum, or absol. Armĕnĭăcum, the fruit of the apricot-tree, the apricot, Col. 5, 10, 19 (id. 5, 10, 404, called Armenium).—Armĕ-nĭăca, ae, f., the apricot-tree, Col. 11, 2, 96; Plin. 15, 13, 12, § 41.—
B. Armĕnĭus, a, um, adj., Armenian: lingua, Varr. L. L. 5, § 100 Müll.: reges, Cic. Att. 2, 7: tigres, Verg. E. 5, 29: pedites, Nep. Dat. 8, 2: triumphi, Flor. 4, 2, 8.—
2. Subst.
a. Ar-mĕnĭus, ii, m., an Armenian, Ov. Tr. 2, 227; Mart. 5, 59; Vulg. 4 Reg. 19, 37.—
b. Armĕnĭum, ii, n.
(a). Sc. pigmentum, a fine blue color, obtained from an Armenian stone, ultramarine, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 4; Vitr. 7, 5 fin.; Plin. 35, 6, 12, § 30.—
(b). Sc. pomum, the apricot, Col. 5, 10, 404.

Origins

Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴 (Armina)bor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓ρμενῐ́ᾱ (Ărmenĭ́ā)bor. Latin Armenia Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓ρμενῐ́ᾱ (Ărmenĭ́ā).

Descendants
  • EnglishArmenia
  • FrenchArménie
  • ItalianArmenia
  • PortugueseArménia
  • PortugueseArmênia
  • SpanishArmenia

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyArmeniaArmenia (Ἀρμενία: Eth. Ἀρμένιος, Eth. Armenius, Armeniacus). There is so much difficulty in fixing the natural limits of the country designated by thi…

Quick answers

What does Armenia mean in Latin?
Armenia, a proper noun, means “Armenia (an ancient Armenian kingdom in eastern Anatolia, in modern eastern Turkey and Armenia); Armenia (a country in the South Caucasus region of Asia, sometimes considered to belong politically to Europe)”.
What is the genitive of Armenia?
The genitive singular is Armeniae. Armenia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce Armenia?
In classical Latin, [arˈmɛ.ni.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [arˈmɛː.ni.a].