Καισάρεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Named after a Caesar: Καῖσᾰρ (Kaîsăr, “Caesar”) +‎ -ειᾰ (-eiă), as a calque of Latin Caesarēa.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ • (Kaisắreiă) f (genitive Καισᾰρείᾱς); first declension

  1. Caesarea (any of numerous cities in the Roman Empire)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ; τῆς Καισᾰρείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ
hē Kaisắreiă
Genitive τῆς Καισᾰρείᾱς
tês Kaisăreíās
Dative τῇ Καισᾰρείᾳ
tēî Kaisăreíāi
Accusative τὴν Καισᾰ́ρειᾰν
tḕn Kaisắreiăn
Vocative Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ
Kaisắreiă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Arabic: قَيْسارِيّة (qaysāriyya)
  • → Old Armenian: Կեսարիա (Kesaria)
  • Greek: Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia)
  • → Hebrew: קֵיסָרְיָה (Keysaryá)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قیصری (Kayseri)
  • → Russian: Кесари́я (Kesaríja)

References

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