Θεσσαλονίκη
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰes.sa.lo.nǐː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰes.sa.loˈni.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θes.sa.loˈni.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θes.sa.loˈni.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θe.sa.loˈni.ci/
Proper noun edit
Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη • (Thessalonī́kē) f (genitive Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης); first declension
- Thessaloniki, a city in Greece.
- 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 edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη hē Thessalonī́kē | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κης tês Thessalonī́kēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κῃ têi Thessalonī́kēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κην tḕn Thessalonī́kēn | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Θεσσᾰλονῑ́κη Thessalonī́kē | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- Θεσσαλονικεύς (Thessalonikeús)
Descendants edit
- → Aghwan: 𐔸𐔴𐕚𐔰𐔾𐕒𐕎𐔼𐕄𐔴 (tesaloniḳe)
- → Catalan: Tessalònica
- → Danish: Thessaloniki
- → Dutch: Thessaloniki
- → Finnish: Thessaloniki
- → French: Thessalonique
- → Persian: تسالونیک (tesâlonik)
- → Galician: Tesalónica
- → German: Thessalonike
- → Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌰 (þaissalauneika)
- Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníki)
- → English: Thessaloniki
- → German: Thessaloniki
- → Low German: Thessaloniki
- → Hungarian: Theszaloníki
- → Indonesian: Thessaloniki, Tesalonika
- → Irish: Teasaloinicé
- → Italian: Tessalonica
- → Japanese: テッサロニキ (Tessaroniki)
- → Korean: 테살로니키 (Tesalloniki)
- → Latin: Thessalonica
- → English: Thessalonica
- → Latvian: Thessaloniki
- → Lithuanian: Tesalonikai
- → Norwegian: Thessaloniki
- → Polish: Thessaloniki
- → Russian: Фессало́ники (Fessalóniki)
- → Spanish: Tesalónica
- → Swedish: Thessaloniki
- → Tagalog: Thessaloníki
- → Ukrainian: Тессалоніки (Tessaloniky)
- → Welsh: Thessaloníci
Further reading edit
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2332 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece[1], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Θεσσαλονίκη (Thessaloníkē).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Θεσσαλονίκη • (Thessaloníki) f
- Thessaloniki (a city in Greece)
- Synonym: (colloquial) Σαλονίκη (Saloníki)
Declension edit
Θεσσαλονίκη
case \ number | singular |
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nominative | Θεσσαλονίκη • |
genitive | Θεσσαλονίκης • |
accusative | Θεσσαλονίκη • |
vocative | Θεσσαλονίκη • |
Derived terms edit
- Θεσσαλονικέας m (Thessalonikéas, “Thessalonian”) (formal)
- Θεσσαλονικεύς m (Thessalonikéfs, “Thessalonian”) (dated)
- Θεσσαλονικιά f (Thessalonikiá, “Thessalonian”)
- Θεσσαλονικιός m (Thessalonikiós, “Thessaloniani”)
- θεσσαλονικιώτικος (thessalonikiótikos, “Thessalonian”, adjective)
Related terms edit
- συμπρωτεύουσα f (symprotévousa, “second largest city, co-capital”) (often used to refer to Thessaloniki in Greece)
Descendants edit
- → English: Thessaloniki
- → German: Thessaloniki
- → Low German: Thessaloniki
Further reading edit
- Θεσσαλονίκη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el