Lydia

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See also: Lýdia and Lýdía

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía, “the region of Lydia”), from λυδία (ludía, “beautiful one, noble one”), a feminine form of Λυδός (Ludós) (Lydus, from λυδός (ludós) (lydus)). The region of Lydia is said to be named for a king Λυδός (Ludós) (Lydus, from λυδός (ludós) (lydus)); the given name Lydia originally indicated ancestry or residence in the region of Lydia.

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Proper noun

Lydia

  1. (historical) A region of southwest Asia Minor or Persia.
  2. (biblical) A woman converted by St. Paul; presumably named for ancestry or residence in Lydia.
  3. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], “Chapter 9”, in Pride and Prejudice: , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: for T Egerton, , →OCLC:
      Lydia was a stout, well-grown girl of fifteen, with a fine complexion and good-humoured countenance; a favourite with her mother, whose affection had brought her into public at an early age.
    • 1990, Sue Miller, Family Pictures, Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 5:
      The first three, Macklin, Lydia, and Randall, were the special ones. Even those names, we thought, showed greater imagination, greater involvement on our parents' part, than ours did: Nina, Mary, Sarah.

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Danish

Proper noun

Lydia

  1. Lydia (biblical character).
  2. a female given name

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lydia f

  1. a female given name, a Latinized variant of Lydie

German

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Proper noun

Lydia f

  1. Lydia (biblical character)
  2. a female given name

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lȳdia f sg (genitive Lȳdiae); first declension

  1. Lydia (a country in Asia Minor)
  2. a female given name
    • 23 BCE – 13 BCE, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Carmina Book III, poem IX:
      Quid sī prīsca redit Venus dīductōsque iugō cōgit aēneō? sī flāva excutitur Chloē reiectaeque patet iānua Lȳdiae?
      What now, if Love returning should pair us 'neath his brazen yoke once more, and, bright-hair'd Chloe spurning, Horace to off-cast Lydia ope his door?

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lȳdia
Genitive Lȳdiae
Dative Lȳdiae
Accusative Lȳdiam
Ablative Lȳdiā
Vocative Lȳdia

References

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

Norwegian

Proper noun

Lydia

  1. Lydia (biblical character).
  2. a female given name

Swedish

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Proper noun

Lydia c (genitive Lydias)

  1. Lydia (biblical character).
  2. a female given name
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