Κιλικία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Κῐ́λῐξ (Kĭ́lĭx) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). Compare Akkadian 𒆳𒄭𒋃𒆪 (Ḫilakku, Ḫilikku).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ki.li.kí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ki.liˈki.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ci.liˈci.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ci.liˈci.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ci.liˈci.a/
Proper noun
Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱ • (Kĭlĭkĭ́ā) f (genitive Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Cilicia (an ancient region in southeastern Asia Minor in modern Turkey, famed for cilice, i.e. haircloth made from the hair of Cilician goats)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱ hē Kĭlĭkĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱς tês Kĭlĭkĭ́ās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾳ tēî Kĭlĭkĭ́āi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱν tḕn Kĭlĭkĭ́ān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱ Kĭlĭkĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Κῐλῐκῐαρχία (Kĭlĭkĭarkhía)
- Κῐλῐκῐ́ζω (Kĭlĭkĭ́zō)
- Κῐλῐκῐ́ζομαι (Kĭlĭkĭ́zomai)
- Κῐλῐ́κῐον (Kĭlĭ́kĭon)
Related terms
- Κῐ́λισσᾰ (Kĭ́lissă)
Descendants
References
- “Κιλικία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hittite Lexicon
- 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
- G2791 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
Greek
Proper noun
Κιλικία • (Kilikía) f
- (historical) Cilicia (an ancient region in southeastern Asia Minor in modern Turkey, famed for cilice, i.e. haircloth made from the hair of Cilician goats)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Κιλικία (Kilikía) |
| genitive | Κιλικίας (Kilikías) |
| accusative | Κιλικία (Kilikía) |
| vocative | Κιλικία (Kilikía) |