Iconium
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English
Etymology
From Latin Iconium, from Ancient Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana. Unrelated to icon. Doublet of Konya.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊniəm
Proper noun
Iconium
- (historical) Former name of Konya, a city in Turkey.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἰκόνιον (Ikónion), from Luwian Ikkuwaniya, from Hittite Kawana.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /iːˈko.ni.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈko.ni.um/,
Proper noun
Īconium n sg (genitive Īconiī or Īconī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Īconium |
| genitive | Īconiī Īconī1 |
| dative | Īconiō |
| accusative | Īconium |
| ablative | Īconiō |
| vocative | Īconium |
| locative | Īconiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Iconium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Iconium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.