Nicomedia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Nīcomēdīa, from Ancient Greek Νικομήδεια (Nikomḗdeia), from Νικομήδης (Nikomḗdēs) + -ιᾰ (-ia, “ia: forming place names”).
Proper noun[edit]
Nicomedia
- (historical) Former name of Izmit, a city in Turkey; ancient capital of Bithynia.
Translations[edit]
Ancient Izmit — see also Izmit
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκομήδειᾰ (Nīkomḗdeia).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /niː.ko.meːˈdiː.a/, [niːkɔmeːˈd̪iːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ni.ko.meˈdi.a/, [nikomeˈd̪iːä]
Proper noun[edit]
Nīcomēdīa f sg (genitive Nīcomēdīae); first declension
- Nicomedia (capital city of Bithynia)
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Nīcomēdīa |
Genitive | Nīcomēdīae |
Dative | Nīcomēdīae |
Accusative | Nīcomēdīam |
Ablative | Nīcomēdīā |
Vocative | Nīcomēdīa |
Locative | Nīcomēdīae |
Derived terms[edit]
- Nīcomēdēnsēs m pl
Descendants[edit]
- English: Nicomedia
References[edit]
- “Nīcŏmēdīa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Nīcŏmēdīa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,028/3.
Spanish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Nicomedia f
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