Λυδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Λῡδός (Lūdós, “Lydus”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lyː.dí.aː/ → /lyˈði.a/ → /liˈði.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lyː.dí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈdi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈði.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈði.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈði.a/

Proper noun

Λῡδῐ́ᾱ • (Lūdĭ́ā) f (genitive Λῡδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Lydia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Λῡδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Λῡδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λῡδῐ́ᾱ hē Lūdĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Λῡδῐ́ᾱς tês Lūdĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Λῡδῐ́ᾳ têi Lūdĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Λῡδῐ́ᾱν tḕn Lūdĭ́ān
Vocative	Λῡδῐ́ᾱ Lūdĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Λυδία f (Lydía)

Further reading

• Lydia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “Λυδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Λυδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G3070 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 1,016

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía, “beauty, beautiful, noble one”).

Proper noun

Λυδία • (Lydía) f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Lydia
2. Lydia (name of region)

Declension

Declension of Λυδία

	singular
nominative	Λυδία (Lydía)
genitive	Λυδίας (Lydías)
accusative	Λυδία (Lydía)
vocative	Λυδία (Lydía)

Related terms

• λυδικός (lydikós, “Lydian”)

Further reading

• Λυδία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el