Σελεύκεια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Σελευκείᾱ (Seleukeíā), Σελευκίᾱ (Seleukíā)

Etymology

From Σέλευκος (Séleukos, “Seleucus”) +‎ -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), the name of Seleucus I Nicator the founder of the Seleucid Dynasty and several of his descendants.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σελεύκειᾰ • (Seleúkeiă) f (genitive Σελευκείᾱς); first declension

  1. Seleucia, the name of a number of cities founded by Seleucus.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σελεύκειᾰ; τῆς Σελευκείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Σελεύκειᾰ
hē Seleúkeiă
Genitive τῆς Σελευκείᾱς
tês Seleukeíās
Dative τῇ Σελευκείᾳ
tēî Seleukeíāi
Accusative τὴν Σελεύκειᾰν
tḕn Seleúkeiăn
Vocative Σελεύκειᾰ
Seleúkeiă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Σελεύκεια (Seléfkeia)
  • Latin: Seleucia
  • →? Old Chinese: 條支 (OC *l'ɯːw kje)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سلفكه (Silifke)
    • Turkish: Silifke
    • → Armenian: Սիլիֆքէ (Silifkʻē)

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