Κιλικία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Κῐ́λῐξ (Kílix) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā). Compare Akkadian 𒆳𒄭𒋃𒆪 (Ḫilakku, Ḫilikku).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ki.li.kí.aː/ → /ci.liˈci.a/ → /ci.liˈci.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ki.li.kí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ki.liˈki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ci.liˈci.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ci.liˈci.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.liˈci.a/

Proper noun

Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱ • (Kilikíā) f (genitive Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Cilicia, a region in Asia Minor

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱ hē Kilikíā
Genitive	τῆς Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱς tês Kilikíās
Dative	τῇ Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾳ têi Kilikíāi
Accusative	τὴν Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱν tḕn Kilikíān
Vocative	Κῐλῐκῐ́ᾱ Kilikíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κῐλῐκῐαρχία (Kilikiarkhía)
• Κῐλῐκῐ́ζω (Kilikízō)
• Κῐλῐκῐ́ζομαι (Kilikízomai)
• Κῐλῐ́κῐον (Kilíkion)

Related terms

• Κῐ́λισσᾰ (Kílissa)

Descendants

• Greek: Κιλικία (Kilikía)
• Latin: Cilicia
• Russian: Килики́я (Kilikíja)
• Turkish: Kilikya

References

• “Κιλικία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hittite Lexicon
• 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
• G2791 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 1,006

Greek

Κιλικία

Proper noun

Κιλικία • (Kilikía) f (plural Kilikía)

1. Cilicia (an area in Asia Minor)

Declension

  Κιλικία

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Κιλικία •
genitive	Κιλικίας •
accusative	Κιλικία •
vocative	Κιλικία •