Χαλκιδική
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Χᾰλκῐδῐκός (Khalkidikós) + -η (-ē). From χαλκός (khalkós) + δίκη (díkē), or Χαλκιδ- (Khalkid-) (from Χαλκίς (Khalkís)) + -ικός (-ikós) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰal.ki.di.kɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰal.ki.diˈke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xal.ci.ðiˈci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xal.ci.ðiˈci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xal.ci.ðiˈci/
Proper noun
Χᾰλκῐδῐκή • (Khalkidikḗ) f (genitive Χαλκῐδῐκῆς); first declension
- Chalcidice, Chalkidiki (a region of Greece)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Χᾰλκῐδῐκή hē Khalkidikḗ | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Χᾰλκῐδῐκῆς tês Khalkidikês | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Χᾰλκῐδῐκῇ têi Khalkidikêi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Χᾰλκῐδῐκήν tḕn Khalkidikḗn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Χᾰλκῐδῐκή Khalkidikḗ | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: Chalcidice, Chalkidiki, Halkidiki
- Greek: Χαλκιδική (Chalkidikí)
- Latin: Chalcidicē
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005