Lycia

English

Lycia

Etymology

From Latin Lycia, from Ancient Greek Λυκίᾱ (Lukíā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪʃi.ə/, /ˈlɪʃə/, /ˈlɪsi.ə/

Proper noun

Lycia

1. (historical) An ancient region and Roman province in the southwest of Asia Minor, between Caria and Pamphylia.

Translations

ancient region

• Armenian: Լիկիա (Likia), Լյուկիա (Lyukia)
• Catalan: Lícia f
• Czech: Lýkie f
• Danish: Lykien
• German: Lykien (de)
• Greek: Λυκία (el) (Lykía)

  Ancient: Λυκίᾱ (Lukíā)

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• Irish: an Licia f
• Italian: Licia (it) f
• Latin: Lycia f
• Lycian: 𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊖 (trm̃mis)
• Parthian: 𐭋𐭅𐭃𐭉𐭀 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓 (Lūkyā xšahr)
• Polish: Licja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Lícia f
• Romanian: Licia f
• Russian: Ли́кия (ru) f (Líkija)
• Spanish: Licia
• Turkish: Likya (tr)

Latin

Lycia (in red) on a map of the provinces of the Roman Empire circa AD 120.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λυκία (Lukía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ki.a/, [ˈlʲʏkiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.t͡ʃi.a/, [ˈliːt͡ʃiä]

Proper noun

Lycia f sg (genitive Lyciae); first declension

1. Lycia (region in Asia Minor, first a country and then a Roman province)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lycia
genitive	Lyciae
dative	Lyciae
accusative	Lyciam
ablative	Lyciā
vocative	Lycia
locative	Lyciae

References

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