Θεσσαλονίκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Θεσσᾰλός (Thessalós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”). The woman was named by her father, Philip II, in honor of his military victory in Thessaly, and later the city was named after her by Cassander, her husband.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰes.sa.lo.nǐː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰes.sa.loˈni.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θes.sa.loˈni.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θes.sa.loˈni.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θe.sa.loˈni.ci/
Proper noun
Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη • (Thessalonī́kē) f (genitive Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης); first declension
- Thessaloniki, a city in Greece.
- Thessalonica, daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander, all three of whom were kings of Macedonia at one point.
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη; τῆς Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη hē Thessalonī́kē | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης tês Thessalonī́kēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κῃ têi Thessalonī́kēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κην tḕn Thessalonī́kēn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη Thessalonī́kē | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Θεσσαλονικεύς (Thessalonikeús)
Descendants
- → Aghwan: 𐔸𐔴𐕚𐔰𐔾𐕒𐕎𐔼𐕄𐔴 (tesaloniḳe)
- → Arabic: سَالُونِيك (sālūnīk)
- → Aromanian: Sãrunã
- → Bulgarian: Солун (Solun)
- → Catalan: Tessalònica, Salònica
- → Old Church Slavonic: Солѹнь (Solunĭ)
- → Czech: Soluň
- → Danish: Thessaloniki
- → Dutch: Thessaloniki, Saloniki
- → English: Thessaloniki, Thessalonica, Salonica
- → Finnish: Thessaloniki, Saloniki
- → French: Thessalonique, Salonique
- → Galician: Tesalónica, Salónica
- → German: Thessaloniki, Saloniki
- → Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰 (þaissalauneika)
- Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki), Σαλονίκη (Saloníki)
- → Hebrew: סלוניקי (Saloniqi)
- → Hungarian: Theszaloníki, Szaloníki
- → Indonesian: Thessaloniki, Tesalonika
- → Irish: Teasaloinicé
- → Italian: Tessalonica, Salonicco
- → Japanese: テッサロニキ (Tessaroniki)
- → Korean: 테살로니키 (Tesalloniki)
- → Northern Kurdish: Selanik
- → Ladino: Salonika, Selanik
- → Latin: Thessalonica, Salonica
- → Latvian: Thessaloniki
- → Lithuanian: Salonikai, Tesalonikai
- → Low German: Thessaloniki, Saloniki
- → Macedonian: Солун (Solun)
- → Norwegian: Thessaloniki, Salonika
- → Polish: Saloniki, Thessaloniki, Sołuń
- → Portuguese: Salónica, Salônica
- → Romanian: Salonic
- → Russian: Сало́ники (Salóniki), Фессало́ники (Fessalóniki)
- → Serbo-Croatian: Солун, Solun
- → Sicilian: Saluniccu
- → Slovak: Solún
- → Spanish: Tesalónica, Salónica
- → Swedish: Thessaloniki
- → Tagalog: Thessaloníki, Saloníki
- → Turkish: Selanik, Selânik
- → Ukrainian: Салоніки (Saloniky), Тессалоніки (Tessaloniky)
- → Welsh: Thessaloníci
Further reading
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2332 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Nestle, Eberhard; Aland, Kurt; et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θesaloˈnici/
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Θεσ‧σα‧λο‧νί‧κη
Proper noun
Θεσσαλονίκη • (Thessaloníki) f
- Thessaloniki (a city in Greece)
- Synonym: (colloquial) Σαλονίκη (Saloníki)
Declension
Θεσσαλονίκη
| case \\ number | singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Θεσσαλονίκη • |
| genitive | Θεσσαλονίκης • |
| accusative | Θεσσαλονίκη • |
| vocative | Θεσσαλονίκη • |
Derived terms
- Θεσσαλονικέας m (Thessalonikéas, “Thessalonian”) (formal)
- Θεσσαλονικεύς m (Thessalonikéfs, “Thessalonian”) (dated)
- Θεσσαλονικιά f (Thessalonikiá, “Thessalonian”)
- Θεσσαλονικιός m (Thessalonikiós, “Thessaloniani”)
- θεσσαλονικιώτικος (thessalonikiótikos, “Thessalonian”, adjective)
Related terms
- συμπρωτεύουσα f (symprotévousa, “second largest city, co-capital”) (often used to refer to Thessaloniki in Greece)
Further reading
Θεσσαλονίκη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el