Σικανία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Σῐκᾱνός (Sikānós, “one of the Sicani”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /si.kaː.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /si.kaˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /si.kaˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /si.kaˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /si.kaˈni.a/
Proper noun
Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱ • (Sikāníā) f (genitive Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱ hē Sikāníā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱς tês Sikāníās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾳ têi Sikāníāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱν tḕn Sikāníān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σῐκᾱνῐ́ᾱ Sikāníā | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
- Σῐκᾱνῐκός (Sikānikós)
Descendants
References
- “Σικανία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025