Λυκαονία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Anatolian *Lukkawanna (“Lukka's land”), influenced by the Greek personal name Λῠκᾱ́ων (Lukā́ōn). Lukka was a historical region of southwestern Anatolia, probably a native Anatolian name (compare Λυκία (Lukía)).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ly.kaː.o.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ly.ka.oˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ly.ka.oˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ly.ka.oˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /li.ka.oˈni.a/
Proper noun
Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱ • (Lukāoníā) f (genitive Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱ hē Lukāoníā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱς tês Lukāoníās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾳ têi Lukāoníāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱν tḕn Lukāoníān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱ Lukāoníā | ||||||||||||
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References
- “Λυκαονία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Λυκαονία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- G3071 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015