Νικομήδεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Named after Νικομήδης (Nikomḗdēs, “Nicomedes”), with the feminine suffix -ιᾰ (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /niː.ko.mɛ̌ː.deː.a/ → /ni.koˈmi.ði.a/ → /ni.koˈmi.ði.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /niː.ko.mɛ̌ː.deː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ni.koˈme̝.di.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ni.koˈmi.ði.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ni.koˈmi.ði.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ni.koˈmi.ði.a/

Proper noun

Νῑκομήδειᾰ • (Nīkomḗdeia) f (genitive Νῑκομηδείᾱς); first declension

1. Nicomedia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Νῑκομήδειᾰ; τῆς Νῑκομηδείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Νῑκομήδειᾰ hē Nīkomḗdeia
Genitive	τῆς Νῑκομηδείᾱς tês Nīkomēdeíās
Dative	τῇ Νῑκομηδείᾳ têi Nīkomēdeíāi
Accusative	τὴν Νῑκομήδειᾰν tḕn Nīkomḗdeian
Vocative	Νῑκομήδειᾰ Nīkomḗdeia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Νικομήδεια (Nikomídeia)
• → Latin: Nīcomēdīa
  • English: Nicomedia
• → Ottoman Turkish: ازمید (İzmit)
  • Turkish: İzmit
    • English: Izmit

• English: Izmit

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018