Σικελία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σῐ́κελος (Sĭ́kelos, “Sicel”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Σῐκελῐ́ᾱ • (Sĭkelĭ́ā) f (genitive Σῐκελῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Sicily (an island and former kingdom in Europe)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σῐκελῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Σῐκελῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Σῐκελῐ́ᾱ
hē Sĭkelĭ́ā
Genitive τῆς Σῐκελῐ́ᾱς
tês Sĭkelĭ́ās
Dative τῇ Σῐκελῐ́ᾳ
tēî Sĭkelĭ́āi
Accusative τὴν Σῐκελῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Sĭkelĭ́ān
Vocative Σῐκελῐ́ᾱ
Sĭkelĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Σῐκελῐκός (Sĭkelĭkós)

Descendants

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σικελία (Sikelía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.ceˈli.a/

Proper noun

Σικελία • (Sikelía) f

  1. Sicily (the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, an autonomous region of Italy, close to Africa and separated from Tunisia and Libya by the Strait of Sicily)

Declension

Declension of Σικελία
singular
nominative Σικελία (Sikelía)
genitive Σικελίας (Sikelías)
accusative Σικελία (Sikelía)
vocative Σικελία (Sikelía)

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