Nicaea
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See also: Nicæa
English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), for Nicaea wife of Lysimachus, from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) + -ια (-ia, “-ia: forming feminine names”). Doublet of Iznik and Nice.
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Proper noun[edit]
Nicaea
- (historical) Former name of Iznik, a city in Turkey famed for the AD 325 church council that composed the Nicene Creed.
Synonyms[edit]
- (ancient Iznik): Antiogonia, Ancore, Helicore (historical)
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
ancient Iznik — see also Iznik
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /niːˈkae̯.a/, [niːˈkäe̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /niˈt͡ʃe.a/, [niˈt͡ʃɛːä]
Proper noun[edit]
Nīcaea f sg (genitive Nīcaeae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Nīcaea |
Genitive | Nīcaeae |
Dative | Nīcaeae |
Accusative | Nīcaeam |
Ablative | Nīcaeā |
Vocative | Nīcaea |
Locative | Nīcaeae |
References[edit]
- “Nicaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Nicaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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