Thessalonica
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The White Tower in Thessaloniki
English
Etymology
From Latin Thessalonīca, from Ancient Greek Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη (Thessalonī́kē), named for Thessalonike daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander of Macedonia, from Θεσσᾰλός (Thessalós, “Thessalian”) + νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”), possibly named for her birth on the anniversary of the Battle of Crocus Field in Thessaly.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌθɛsələˈnaɪkə/
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Proper noun
Thessalonica
- (now especially historical) Alternative form of Thessaloniki, a port city in northern Greece.
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη (Thessalonī́kē).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /tʰes.sa.loˈniː.ka/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tes.sa.loˈni.ka/,
Proper noun
Thessalonīca f sg (genitive Thessalonīcae); first declension
- Thessaloniki (a city in Greece)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Thessalonīca |
| genitive | Thessalonīcae |
| dative | Thessalonīcae |
| accusative | Thessalonīcam |
| ablative | Thessalonīcā |
| vocative | Thessalonīca |
| locative | Thessalonīcae |
References
- “Thessălŏnīca”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Thessălŏnīca in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.