Βέροια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βεροίη (Beroíē) — Ionic
• Βέρροιᾰ (Bérrhoia)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Ancient Macedonian Φέροιᾰ (Phéroia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bé.roi̯.a/ → /ˈβe.ry.a/ → /ˈve.ri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bé.roi̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ry.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβe.ry.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ry.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈve.ri.a/

• Hyphenation: Βέ‧ροι‧α

Proper noun

Βέροιᾰ • (Béroia) f (genitive Βεροίᾱς); first declension

1. Beroea (an ancient city in Aleppo, Syria)
2. Beroea (ancient city of Veria, Greece)
3. Beroea (city of ancient Thrace near modern Stara Zagora)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Βέροιᾰ; τῆς Βεροίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Βέροιᾰ hē Béroia	τὼ Βεροίᾱ tṑ Beroíā	αἱ Βέροιαι hai Béroiai
Genitive	τῆς Βεροίᾱς tês Beroíās	τοῖν Βεροίαιν toîn Beroíain	τῶν Βεροιῶν tôn Beroiôn
Dative	τῇ Βεροίᾳ têi Beroíāi	τοῖν Βεροίαιν toîn Beroíain	ταῖς Βεροίαις taîs Beroíais
Accusative	τὴν Βέροιᾰν tḕn Béroian	τὼ Βεροίᾱ tṑ Beroíā	τᾱ̀ς Βεροίᾱς tā̀s Beroíās
Vocative	Βέροιᾰ Béroia	Βεροίᾱ Beroíā	Βέροιαι Béroiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Beroea; Berea
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 (bairauja)
• Greek: Βέροια (Véroia) (also commonly Veria)
• Latin: Beroea

References

• Βέροια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G960 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βέροια (Béroia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveɾia/
• Hyphenation: Βέ‧ροι‧α

Proper noun

Βέροια • (Véroia) f

1. Veria (a city, the regional capital of Imathia, Greece)

Declension

  Βέροια

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Βέροια •
genitive	Βέροιας •
accusative	Βέροια •
vocative	Βέροια •

Derived terms

• Βεροιώτης m (Veroiótis, “male from Veria”)
• Βεροιώτισσα f (Veroiótissa, “female from Veria”)
• βεροιώτικος (veroiótikos) (adjective)

Further reading

• Βέροια on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el