Θεσσαλονίκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Θεσσᾰλός (Thessalós, “Thessalian”) +‎ νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”). The woman was named by her father, Philip II, in honor of his military victory in Thessaly, and later the city was named after her by Cassander, her husband.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη • (Thessalonī́kē) f (genitive Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης); first declension

  1. Thessaloniki, a city in Greece.
  2. Thessalonica, daughter of Philip II, half-sister of Alexander the Great, and wife of Cassander, all three of whom were kings of Macedonia at one point.

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη; τῆς Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη
hē Thessalonī́kē
Genitive τῆς Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης
tês Thessalonī́kēs
Dative τῇ Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κῃ
têi Thessalonī́kēi
Accusative τὴν Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κην
tḕn Thessalonī́kēn
Vocative Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη
Thessalonī́kē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē).

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /θesaloˈnici/
  • Hyphenation: Θε‧σσα‧λο‧νί‧κη

Proper noun

Θεσσαλονίκη • (Thessaloníki) f

  1. Thessaloniki (second biggest city in Greece)

Declension
Declension of Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki)
singular
nominative Θεσσαλονίκη •
genitive Θεσσαλονίκης •
accusative Θεσσαλονίκη •
vocative Θεσσαλονίκη •

Synonyms
  • Σαλονίκη f (Saloníki, “Salonica, Thessaloniki”) (colloquial)

Derived terms
  • Θεσσαλονικιός m (Thessalonikiós, “male from Thessaloniki”)
  • Θεσσαλονικέας m (Thessalonikéas, “male from Thessaloniki”) (formal)
  • Θεσσαλονικεύς m (Thessalonikéfs, “male from Thessaloniki”) (formal, dated)
  • Θεσσαλονικιά f (Thessalonikiá, “female from Thessaloniki”)
  • θεσσαλονικιώτικος (thessalonikiótikos) (adjective)
  • συμπρωτεύουσα f (symprotévousa, “second largest city, co-capital”) (often used to refer to Thessaloniki in Greece)

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