Σεβάστεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σεβαστή (sebastḗ, “Emperor's day”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia). Named in honor of the Roman Emperor Augustus, whose name Ancient Greek calqued as Σεβαστός (Sebastós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /se.bás.teː.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sɛˈbas.ti.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /seˈβas.ti.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /seˈvas.ti.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /seˈvas.ti.a/

Proper noun

Σεβάστειᾰ • (Sebásteia) f (genitive Σεβαστείᾱς); first declension

Sebastea; Sivas, Turkey

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σεβάστειᾰ; τῆς Σεβαστείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σεβάστειᾰ hē Sebásteia
Genitive	τῆς Σεβαστείᾱς tês Sebasteíās
Dative	τῇ Σεβαστείᾳ têi Sebasteíāi
Accusative	τὴν Σεβάστειᾰν tḕn Sebásteian
Vocative	Σεβάστειᾰ Sebásteia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Armenian: Սեբաստիա
Greek: Σεβάστεια (Sevásteia)
Latin: Sebastea
Turkish: Sivas

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