Νίκαια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nǐː.kai̯.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈni.kɛ.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈni.kɛ.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈni.ce.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈni.ce.a/
Proper noun
Νῑ́καιᾰ • (Nī́kaia) f (genitive Νῑκαίᾱς); first declension
- any one of a number of cities named Nicaea
- Nicaea, Transalpine Gaul; present-day Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- Nicaea, Bithynia; present-day İznik, Bursa, Turkey
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Νῑ́καιᾰ hē Nī́kaia | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Νῑκαίᾱς tês Nīkaíās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Νῑκαίᾳ têi Nīkaíāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Νῑ́καιᾰν tḕn Nī́kaian | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Νῑ́καιᾰ Nī́kaia | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Descendants
| Language | Nice | İznik |
|---|---|---|
| Catalan | Niça | Nicea |
| French | Nice | Nicée |
| Italian | Nizza | Nicea |
| Kurdish | – | Îznîk |
| Occitan | Niça; Nissa | – |
| Piedmontese | Nissa | – |
| Turkish | – | İznik |
Greek
Etymology
Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”).
Proper noun
Νίκαια • (Níkaia) f
- Nice (city in France)
Declension
Declension of Νίκαια (Níkaia)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Νίκαια • |
| genitive | Νίκαιας • |
| accusative | Νίκαια • |
| vocative | Νίκαια • |
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