Nicaea
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See also: Nicæa
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), for Nicaea wife of Lysimachus, from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) + -ια (-ia, “-ia: forming feminine names”). Doublet of Iznik and Nice.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nicaea
- (historical) Former name of Iznik, a city in Turkey famed for the AD 325 church council that composed the Nicene Creed.
Synonyms
- (ancient Iznik): Antiogonia, Ancore, Helicore (historical)
Related terms
Translations
ancient Iznik — see also Iznik
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /niːˈkae̯.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /niˈt͡ʃe.a/,
Proper noun
Nīcaea f sg (genitive Nīcaeae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Nīcaea |
| Genitive | Nīcaeae |
| Dative | Nīcaeae |
| Accusative | Nīcaeam |
| Ablative | Nīcaeā |
| Vocative | Nīcaea |
| Locative | Nīcaeae |
References
- “Nicaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Nicaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.