Ἀλεξάνδρεια

Ἀλεξάνδρεια

See also: Αλεξάνδρεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) +‎ -ειᾰ (-eia, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lek.sán.dreː.a/ → /a.lekˈsan.dri.a/ → /a.lekˈsan.dri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lek.sán.dreː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.lekˈsan.dri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.lekˈsan.dri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.lekˈsan.dri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.lekˈsan.dri.a/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓λεξᾰ́νδρειᾰ • (Alexándreia) f (genitive Ᾰ̓λεξᾰνδρείᾱς); first declension

1. Alexandria

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ᾰ̓λεξᾰ́νδρειᾰ; τῆς Ᾰ̓λεξᾰνδρείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ᾰ̓λεξᾰ́νδρειᾰ hē Alexándreia
Genitive	τῆς Ᾰ̓λεξᾰνδρείᾱς tês Alexandreíās
Dative	τῇ Ᾰ̓λεξᾰνδρείᾳ têi Alexandreíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ᾰ̓λεξᾰ́νδρειᾰν tḕn Alexándreian
Vocative	Ᾰ̓λεξᾰ́νδρειᾰ Alexándreia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀλεξανδρεύς (Alexandreús)

Related terms

• Ἀλεξανδρέττα (Alexandrétta)

Descendants

• Arabic: الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة‎ (al-ʾiskandariyya)
• Coptic: ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ (aleksandria)
• Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia)
• Hebrew: אלכסנדריה‎
• Latin: Alexandria
• Old Chinese: 烏弋山離 (OC *qaː lɯɡ sreːn rel)
  • Middle Chinese: 烏弋山離 (MC ʔuo jɨk̚ ʃˠɛn liᴇ)
    • Chinese:

      Mandarin: 烏弋山離／乌弋山离 (Wūyìshānlí)

Further reading

• Ἀλεξάνδρεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000