Λαοδίκεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Λαοδίκη (Laodíkē) +‎ -εια (-eia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laː.o.dí.keː.a/ → /la.oˈði.ci.a/ → /la.oˈði.ci.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /laː.o.dí.keː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /la.oˈdi.ki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /la.oˈði.ci.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /la.oˈði.ci.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /la.oˈði.ci.a/

Proper noun

Λᾱοδῐ́κειᾰ • (Lāodíkeia) f (genitive Λᾱοδῐκείᾱς); first declension

1. Laodicea, the name of numerous Hellenistic cities, generally named after one of many women by the name of Λαοδίκη (Laodíkē) (Laodice).

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Λᾱοδῐ́κειᾰ; τῆς Λᾱοδῐκείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λᾱοδῐ́κειᾰ hē Lāodíkeia
Genitive	τῆς Λᾱοδῐκείᾱς tês Lāodikeíās
Dative	τῇ Λᾱοδῐκείᾳ têi Lāodikeíāi
Accusative	τὴν Λᾱοδῐ́κειᾰν tḕn Lāodíkeian
Vocative	Λᾱοδῐ́κειᾰ Lāodíkeia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Arabic: اللَّاذِقِيَّة (al-lāḏiqiyya)
• → Latin: Laodicea
  • French: Laodicée

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2993 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible