Σηλυμβρία

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛː.lym.brí.aː/ → /si.lymˈbri.a/ → /si.limˈbri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɛː.lym.brí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /se̝.lymˈbri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.lymˈbri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.lymˈbri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.limˈbri.a/

Proper noun

Σηλυμβρίᾱ • (Sēlumbríā) f (genitive Σηλυμβρίᾱς); first declension

1. Selymbria, Thrace; Silivri, İstanbul, Turkey

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σηλῠμβρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Σηλῠμβρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σηλῠμβρῐ́ᾱ hē Sēlumbríā
Genitive	τῆς Σηλῠμβρῐ́ᾱς tês Sēlumbríās
Dative	τῇ Σηλῠμβρῐ́ᾳ têi Sēlumbríāi
Accusative	τὴν Σηλῠμβρῐ́ᾱν tḕn Sēlumbríān
Vocative	Σηλῠμβρῐ́ᾱ Sēlumbríā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σηλυμβριανός (Sēlumbrianós)

Descendants

• Greek: Σηλυμβρία (Silymvría), Σηλυβρία (Silyvría)

  • → Romanian: Silivria

• → Latin: Sēlymbria
• → Turkish: Silivri

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025