Σεβάστεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Σεβαστός (Sebastós) +‎ -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), from use of σεβαστός (sebastós, “venerable, august”) as a calque of Latin Augustus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /se.bás.teː.a/ → /seˈβas.ti.a/ → /seˈvas.ti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /se.bás.teː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /seˈbas.ti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /seˈβas.ti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /seˈvas.ti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /seˈvas.ti.a/

Proper noun

Σεβάστειᾰ • (Sebásteia) f (genitive Σεβαστείᾱς); first declension

1. Sivas (a city in Turkey), the ancient and medieval Sebastia
2. Sebastia (a city in the West Bank, Palestine), the ancient Samaria

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σεβάστειᾰ; τῆς Σεβαστείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σεβάστειᾰ hē Sebásteia
Genitive	τῆς Σεβαστείᾱς tês Sebasteíās
Dative	τῇ Σεβαστείᾳ têi Sebasteíāi
Accusative	τὴν Σεβάστειᾰν tḕn Sebásteian
Vocative	Σεβάστειᾰ Sebásteia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σεβάστεια (Sevásteia)
• → Armenian: Սեբաստիա (Sebastia)
• → Latin: Sebastea
• → Ottoman Turkish: سیواس (Sivas)
  • Turkish: Sivas
    • English: Sivas