Σελεύκεια

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σελευκείᾱ (Seleukeíā), Σελευκίᾱ (Seleukíā)

Etymology

From Σέλευκος (Séleukos, “Seleucus”) +‎ -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), the name of Seleucus I Nicator the founder of the Seleucid Dynasty and several of his descendants.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /se.lěu̯.keː.a/ → /seˈleɸ.ci.a/ → /seˈlef.ci.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /se.lěu̯.keː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /seˈlew.ki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /seˈleɸ.ci.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /seˈlef.ci.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /seˈlef.ci.a/

Proper noun

Σελεύκειᾰ • (Seleúkeia) f (genitive Σελευκείᾱς); first declension

1. Seleucia, the name of a number of cities founded by Seleucus.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σελεύκειᾰ; τῆς Σελευκείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σελεύκειᾰ hē Seleúkeia
Genitive	τῆς Σελευκείᾱς tês Seleukeíās
Dative	τῇ Σελευκείᾳ têi Seleukeíāi
Accusative	τὴν Σελεύκειᾰν tḕn Seleúkeian
Vocative	Σελεύκειᾰ Seleúkeia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Σελεύκεια (Seléfkeia)
• Latin: Seleucia
• →? Old Chinese: 條支 (OC *l'ɯːw kje)
• → Ottoman Turkish: سلفكه (Silifke)
  • Turkish: Silifke
    • English: Silifke
  • → Armenian: Սիլիֆքէ (Silifkʻē)

Further reading

• 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
• G4581 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 1,025