Σελεύκεια
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Σελευκείᾱ (Seleukeíā)
- Σελευκίᾱ (Seleukíā)
Etymology
From Σελευκεύς (Seleukeús, “an inhabitant of Seleucia”) + -ιᾰ (-ia), from Σέλευκος (Séleukos, “Seleucus”), the name of numerous kings of the Seleucid Dynasty.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /se.lěu̯.keː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /seˈlew.ki.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /seˈleɸ.ci.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /seˈlef.ci.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /seˈlef.ci.a/
Proper noun
Σελεύκειᾰ • (Seleúkeia) f (genitive Σελευκείᾱς); first declension
- Seleucia, the name of a number of cities founded by Seleucus.
Inflection
First declension of ἡ Σελεύκειᾰ; τῆς Σελευκείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Σελεύκειᾰ hē Seleúkeia | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Σελευκείᾱς tês Seleukeíās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Σελευκείᾳ têi Seleukeíāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Σελεύκειᾰν tḕn Seleúkeian | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Σελεύκειᾰ Seleúkeia | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Σελεύκεια (Seléfkeia)
- Latin: Seleucia
- →? Old Chinese: 條支 (OC *l'ɯːw kje)
References
- 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
- G4581 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025