Lycia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lycia, from Ancient Greek Λυκίᾱ (Lukíā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪʃi.ə/, /ˈlɪʃə/, /ˈlɪsi.ə/

Proper noun

Lycia

  1. (historical) A historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.
  2. (historical) A former province of the Roman Empire, existing on its own from 43 AD to 74 AD, and later as part of Lycia et Pamphylia.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λυκία (Lukía).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lycia f sg (genitive Lyciae); first declension

  1. (historical) Lycia (a historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey)
  2. (historical) Lycia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing on its own from 43 AD to 74 AD, and later as part of Lycia et Pamphylia)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Lycia
genitive Lyciae
dative Lyciae
accusative Lyciam
ablative Lyciā
vocative Lycia
locative Lyciae

References

  • Lycia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lycia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.