Σεβάστεια
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Σεβαστός (Sebastós) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), from use of σεβαστός (sebastós, “venerable, august”) as a calque of Latin Augustus.
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /se.bás.teː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /seˈbas.ti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /seˈβas.ti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /seˈvas.ti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /seˈvas.ti.a/
Proper noun edit
Σεβάστειᾰ • (Sebásteia) f (genitive Σεβαστείᾱς); first declension
- Sivas (a city in Turkey), the ancient and medieval Sebastia
- Sebastia (a city in the West Bank, Palestine), the ancient Samaria
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Σεβάστειᾰ hē Sebásteia | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Σεβαστείᾱς tês Sebasteíās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Σεβαστείᾳ têi Sebasteíāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Σεβάστειᾰν tḕn Sebásteian | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Σεβάστειᾰ Sebásteia | ||||||||||||
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