Μεσσηνία

φύγεν ἄσμενος ἐκ θανάτοιο → he was glad to have escaped death

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
1 la Messénie;
2 territoire de Messine.
Étymologie: v. Μεσήνη.

Μεσσηνία: ἡ Plut., Diod. = Μεσσήνη 2.

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