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Iconium

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin Iconium, from Ancient Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana. Unrelated to icon. Doublet of Konya.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Iconium

  1. (historical) Former name of Konya, a city in Turkey.

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Īconium n sg (genitive Īconiī or Īconī); second declension

  1. Konya (a city in modern Turkey)

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Īconium
genitive Īconiī
Īconī1
dative Īconiō
accusative Īconium
ablative Īconiō
vocative Īconium
locative Īconiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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  • Iconium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Iconium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.