Laodicea
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Lāodicēa, from Ancient Greek Λαοδίκεια (Laodíkeia), from Λαοδίκη (Laodíkē) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), chiefly after Laodice I and other Seleucid empresses. Equivalent to Laodice + -a.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Laodicea (uncountable)
- (historical) Various former cities in Southwest Asia, including
Synonyms
[edit]- (ancient Nahavand, Iran): Laodicea in Media, Laodicea in Persis, Antioch, Antiochia, Antioch in Media, Antioch in Persis, Antioch of Chosroes, Ladhiqiyya
- (ancient city near Denizli, Turkey): Laodicea on the Lycus
Translations
[edit]name of various ancient cities
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαοδίκεια (Laodíkeia).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /laː.o.diˈkeː.a/, [ɫ̪äːɔd̪ɪˈkeːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /la.o.diˈt͡ʃe.a/, [läod̪iˈt͡ʃɛːä]
Proper noun
[edit]Lāodicēa f sg (genitive Lāodicēae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Lāodicēa |
genitive | Lāodicēae |
dative | Lāodicēae |
accusative | Lāodicēam |
ablative | Lāodicēā |
vocative | Lāodicēa |
locative | Lāodicēae |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- French: Laodicée
References
[edit]- Laodicea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Laodicea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English terms suffixed with -a
- English 5-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with historical senses
- en:Historical settlements
- en:Cities in Iran
- en:Places in Iran
- English eponyms
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 5-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- la:Cities