Νικομήδεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Named after Νικομήδης (Nikomḗdēs, “Nicomedes”), with the feminine suffix -ιᾰ (-iă).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Νῑκομήδειᾰ • (Nīkomḗdeiă) f (genitive Νῑκομηδείᾱς); first declension

  1. Nicomedia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Νῑκομήδειᾰ; τῆς Νῑκομηδείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Νῑκομήδειᾰ
hē Nīkomḗdeiă
Genitive τῆς Νῑκομηδείᾱς
tês Nīkomēdeíās
Dative τῇ Νῑκομηδείᾳ
tēî Nīkomēdeíāi
Accusative τὴν Νῑκομήδειᾰν
tḕn Nīkomḗdeiăn
Vocative Νῑκομήδειᾰ
Nīkomḗdeiă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Νικομήδεια (Nikomídeia)
  • → Latin: Nīcomēdīa
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ازمید (İzmit)

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018
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