Λαοδίκεια
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Λαοδίκη (Laodíkē) + -εια (-eia).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /laː.o.dí.keː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /la.oˈdi.ki.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /la.oˈði.ci.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /la.oˈði.ci.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /la.oˈði.ci.a/
Proper noun
Λᾱοδῐ́κειᾰ • (Lāodíkeia) f (genitive Λᾱοδῐκείᾱς); first declension
- Laodicea, the name of numerous Hellenistic cities, generally named after one of many women by the name of Λαοδίκη (Laodíkē) (Laodice).
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Λᾱοδῐ́κειᾰ hē Lāodíkeia | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Λᾱοδῐκείᾱς tês Lāodikeíās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Λᾱοδῐκείᾳ têi Lāodikeíāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Λᾱοδῐ́κειᾰν tḕn Lāodíkeian | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Λᾱοδῐ́κειᾰ Lāodíkeia | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Arabic: اللَّاذِقِيَّة (al-lāḏiqiyya)
- → Latin: Laodicea
- French: Laodicée
References
- 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
- G2993 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible