Χαλκιδική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Χᾰλκῐδῐκός (Khalkidikós) +‎ -η (-ē). From χαλκός (khalkós) + δίκη (díkē), or Χαλκιδ- (Khalkid-) (from Χαλκίς (Khalkís)) + -ικός (-ikós) + -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰal.ki.di.kɛ̌ː/ → /xal.ci.ðiˈci/ → /xal.ci.ðiˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰal.ki.di.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰal.ki.diˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xal.ci.ðiˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xal.ci.ðiˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xal.ci.ðiˈci/

Proper noun

Χᾰλκῐδῐκή • (Khalkidikḗ) f (genitive Χαλκῐδῐκῆς); first declension

1. Chalcidice, Chalkidiki (a region of Greece)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Χᾰλκῐδῐκή; τῆς Χᾰλκῐδῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Χᾰλκῐδῐκή hē Khalkidikḗ
Genitive	τῆς Χᾰλκῐδῐκῆς tês Khalkidikês
Dative	τῇ Χᾰλκῐδῐκῇ têi Khalkidikêi
Accusative	τὴν Χᾰλκῐδῐκήν tḕn Khalkidikḗn
Vocative	Χᾰλκῐδῐκή Khalkidikḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Chalcidice, Chalkidiki, Halkidiki
• Greek: Χαλκιδική (Chalkidikí)
• Latin: Chalcidicē

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005