Ἀλεξάνδρεια
See also: Αλεξάνδρεια
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -ειᾰ (-eia, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.lek.sán.dreː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.lekˈsan.dri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.lekˈsan.dri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.lekˈsan.dri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.lekˈsan.dri.a/
Proper noun
editᾸ̓λεξᾰ́νδρειᾰ • (Alexándreia) f (genitive Ᾰ̓λεξᾰνδρείᾱς); first declension
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Ᾰ̓λεξᾰ́νδρειᾰ hē Alexándreia | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Ᾰ̓λεξᾰνδρείᾱς tês Alexandreíās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Ᾰ̓λεξᾰνδρείᾳ têi Alexandreíāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Ᾰ̓λεξᾰ́νδρειᾰν tḕn Alexándreian | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ᾰ̓λεξᾰ́νδρειᾰ Alexándreia | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- Ἀλεξανδρεύς (Alexandreús)
Related terms
edit- Ἀλεξανδρέττα (Alexandrétta)
Descendants
edit- Arabic: الْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّة (al-ʔiskandariyya)
- Coptic: ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ (aleksandria)
- Greek: Αλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia)
- Hebrew: אלכסנדריה
- Latin: Alexandria
- Old Chinese: 烏弋山離 (OC *qaː lɯɡ sreːn rel)
Further reading
edit- Ἀλεξάνδρεια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,000
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