Nicomedia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Nīcomēdīa, from Ancient Greek Νικομήδεια (Nikomḗdeia).

Proper noun

Nicomedia

(historical) The ancient capital of Bithynia; modern-day Izmit, in Turkey.

Translations

city

Danish: Nikomedia
Greek:
Ancient: Νικομήδεια f (Nikomḗdeia)
Latin: Nīcomēdīa f
Russian: Никомедия (Nikomedija)
Spanish: Nicomedia f

Anagrams

meconidia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νῑκομήδειᾰ (Nīkomḗdeia).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /niː.ko.meːˈdiː.a/, [niːkɔmeːˈd̪iːä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ni.ko.meˈdi.a/, [nikomeˈd̪iːä]

Proper noun

Nīcomēdīa f sg (genitive Nīcomēdīae); first declension

Nicomedia (capital city of Bithynia)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nīcomēdīa
Genitive	Nīcomēdīae
Dative	Nīcomēdīae
Accusative	Nīcomēdīam
Ablative	Nīcomēdīā
Vocative	Nīcomēdīa
Locative	Nīcomēdīae

Derived terms

Nīcomēdēnsēs m pl

Descendants

English: Nicomedia

References

“Nīcŏmēdīa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Nīcŏmēdīa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,028/3

Spanish

Proper noun

Nicomedia f

Nicomedia

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