Λυδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Λῡδός (Lūdós, “Lydus”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lyː.dí.aː/ → /lyˈði.a/ → /liˈði.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lyː.dí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈdi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈði.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈði.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈði.a/

Proper noun

Λῡδῐ́ᾱ • (Lūdíā) f (genitive Λῡδῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Lydia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Λῡδῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Λῡδῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λῡδῐ́ᾱ hē Lūdíā
Genitive	τῆς Λῡδῐ́ᾱς tês Lūdíās
Dative	τῇ Λῡδῐ́ᾳ têi Lūdíāi
Accusative	τὴν Λῡδῐ́ᾱν tḕn Lūdíān
Vocative	Λῡδῐ́ᾱ Lūdíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Λυδία f (Lydía)

Further reading

• Lydia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “Λυδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Λυδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G3070 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía, “beauty, beautiful, noble one”).

Proper noun

Λυδία • (Lydía) f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Lydia
2. Lydia (name of region)

Declension

  Λυδία

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Λυδία •
genitive	Λυδίας •
accusative	Λυδία •
vocative	Λυδία •

Related terms

• λυδικός (lydikós, “Lydian”)

Further reading

• Λυδία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el