Σεβάστεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σεβαστός (Sebastós) +‎ -εια (-eia, -ia: forming place names), from use of σεβαστός (sebastós, venerable, august) as a calque of Latin Augustus.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σεβάστειᾰ • (Sebásteiăf (genitive Σεβαστείᾱς); first declension

  1. Sivas (a city in Turkey), the ancient and medieval Sebastia
  2. Sebastia (a city in the West Bank, Palestine), the ancient Samaria

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Σεβάστεια (Sevásteia)
  • Armenian: Սեբաստիա (Sebastia)
  • Latin: Sebastea
  • Ottoman Turkish: سیواس (Sivas)