MESSAPII

Meaning of MESSAPII in English

English Messapians ancient pre-Roman people of the southeastern part of the Italian peninsula (Calabria and Apulia) who, with the closely related Iapyges, probably penetrated Italy from the other side of the Adriatic Sea c. 1000 BC. They spoke an Indo-European language, Messapic.

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MESSAPII — -sāpēˌī noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: Latin, from Greek Messapioi : a people of Messapia, an ancient country of southeastern …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MESSAPIAN — I. mə̇ˈsāpēən adjective or mes·sapic -sāpik, -sap- Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Latin Messapii + English -an or -ic 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MESSAPIC LANGUAGE — also spelled Messapian, Indo-European language spoken by tribes (Messapii and Iapyges) living in the southeastern part of Italy in pre-Roman …
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MESSAPIC ALPHABET — also called Messapian Alphabet, one of two Italian offshoots of the TarentineIonic variety of the Greek alphabet. It was adopted …
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