Λυκαονία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Anatolian *Lukkawanna (“Lukka's land”), influenced by the Greek personal name Λῠκᾱ́ων (Lukā́ōn). Lukka was a historical region of southwestern Anatolia, probably a native Anatolian name (compare Λυκία (Lukía)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.kaː.o.ní.aː/ → /ly.ka.oˈni.a/ → /li.ka.oˈni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.kaː.o.ní.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ly.ka.oˈni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ly.ka.oˈni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ly.ka.oˈni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.ka.oˈni.a/

Proper noun

Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱ • (Lukāoníā) f (genitive Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Lycaonia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱ hē Lukāoníā
Genitive	τῆς Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱς tês Lukāoníās
Dative	τῇ Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾳ têi Lukāoníāi
Accusative	τὴν Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱν tḕn Lukāoníān
Vocative	Λῠκᾱονῐ́ᾱ Lukāoníā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “Λυκαονία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Λυκαονία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G3071 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 1,015