Καισάρεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Named after a Caesar: Καῖσᾰρ (Kaîsar, “Caesar”) +‎ -ειᾰ (-eia), as a calque of Latin Caesarēa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kai̯.sá.reː.a/ → /cɛˈsa.ri.a/ → /ceˈsa.ri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kai̯.sá.reː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kɛˈsa.ri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cɛˈsa.ri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈsa.ri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈsa.ri.a/

Proper noun

Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ • (Kaisáreia) f (genitive Καισᾰρείᾱς); first declension

1. Caesarea (any of numerous cities in the Roman Empire)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ; τῆς Καισᾰρείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ hē Kaisáreia
Genitive	τῆς Καισᾰρείᾱς tês Kaisareíās
Dative	τῇ Καισᾰρείᾳ têi Kaisareíāi
Accusative	τὴν Καισᾰ́ρειᾰν tḕn Kaisáreian
Vocative	Καισᾰ́ρειᾰ Kaisáreia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Καισαρεύς (Kaisareús)

Descendants

• → Arabic: قَيْسارِيّة (qaysāriyya)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قيساريه (Kaysâriye)
    • Turkish: Kayserya
• → Old Armenian: Կեսարիա (Kesaria)
  • Armenian: Կեսարիա (Kesaria)
• Greek: Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia)
• → Hebrew: קֵיסָרְיָה (Keysaryá)
• Ottoman Turkish: قیصری (Kayseri)
  • Turkish: Kayseri
• → Russian: Кесари́я (Kesaríja)

References

• “Καῖσαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G2542 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible