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/, [niː.kɔ.meːˈdiː.a]

Proper noun

Nīcomēdīa f sg (genitive Nīcomēdīae); first declension

Nicomedia (capital city of Bithynia)

Declension

First declension, with locative.

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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